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may be described as wheezy, and is often followed by vomiting. Cough 

 in distemper has a peculiar husky, hollow sound. Cough may be pro- 

 duced by a bit of bone or other substance sticking in the throat and causing 

 irritation, in which case the cough is the natural effort to get relief, and 

 ceases with the removal of the irritating cause. As a cough is almost in- 

 variably connected with some derangement of the respiratory organs or 

 air passages, its warning should never be neglected, and the early resort 

 to the use of the following pills will be sure to relieve, will frequently cure, 

 and can, under no circumstances, do any harm: 



COUGH PILL. 



Powdered ipecacuanha 6 grains 



Powdered opium 6 grains 



Compound squill pill 24 grains 



Powdered gum ammoniacum 2 4 grains 



Powdered licorice 24 grains 



Powdered rhubarb 12 grains 



Mix and make into twenty-four pills; dose for a 15-lb. to 40-lb. dog, 

 one pill night and morning; under 15-lbs. half a pill, and for large 

 breeds give 1 V 2 pills as a dose. 



Another very good cough mixture for many kinds of coughs is: 



Muriate of ammonia 2 drams 



Compond syrup morphia 2 ounces 



Aqua destil 2 ounces . 



Dose: From half to a teaspoonful every two hours according to size 

 of dog. For puppies 10 to 15 drops as a dose. 



For a Bronchial Cough (Chronic). — The following is a very good one. 

 A teaspoonful is the dose, as this cough is, of course, found in older dogs 

 only, and will do for all breeds except very small toy dogs, when half a 

 teapoonful will do: 



Spirit chloroform y 2 dram 



Wine of ipecac 3 drams 



Tincture of squills 5 drams 



Simple syrup 1 ounce 



Aqua to make 4 ounces 



There are a great many other good cough remedies, in fact anything 

 good for the master's cough is good for the dog's, and I herewith give sev- 

 eral prescriptions that I know to be good by having tried them. 



A dog that is well and in good condition may have a dry cough, does 

 not cough very much at a time, but quite often. I have cured such cases 

 with the following: 



