322 DISEASES OF DOGS: DISTEMPER. 



These balls may be given at any period of 

 the disorder, should a looseness come on. The 

 restorative ball (No. 15, p. 320) should be given as 

 there directed, as soon as the looseness is stopped, 

 if it be required. 



When convulsions or fits prevail in the beginning 

 of distemper, the ball (No. 14, p. 320) must be given 

 every third day for three times ; and the following 

 anti-spasmodic ball should be administered once a 

 day, till the convulsions or fits have disappeared. 



(RECIPE, No. 19.) 



Antispasmodic Ball. 



Take — Assafoetida, one scruple; 



Antimonial powder, four grains ; 

 Opium, in powder, two grains : 

 Conserve sufficient to form into a ball. 



This ball will be proper in any stage of the 

 disorder, if convulsions or fits come on. 



If the head seem much affected, bathe it for the 

 space of five or ten minutes, two or three times a 

 day, with equal parts of cold vinegar and water. 

 The restorative ball (No. 15, p. 320) may be given, 

 after the balls (No. 19) are discontinued, if required. 



