350 FRA.NTC FORESTER S FIELD SPORTS, 



fire, for several hours afterward. Give nourisliing- food, and keep 



quiet. 



If cJiorca or paralysis follow distemper, use the seton as 



above, stimulate the spine by rubbing the whole course of it 



with tincture of cantharides, and as a tonic 



I^. Nitrate of silver, very fine, 3 grs. Carbonate of iron, powdered, 2 drs. 

 Gent an, powdered, 3 drs. 



Conserve of roses sufficient to make six, nine, or twelve balls, of 

 which give one every night and morning, if the stomach will 

 bear them. 



Fiictions, liberal feeding, strong soups, and cold baths, may 

 aid in this stage of the disorder. 



These directions are abridged from Blaine and Youatt, and 

 contain, I believe, the best remedial course that can be used. 



For the disease under its ordinary type, the practice above 

 detailed will be found all-sufficient, and even when diarrhcea 

 sets in, there is no occasion to despair. 



I must say, however, that altl.ough I have thought it advisa- 

 ble to insert formulas for the treatment of the epileptic fits, and 

 of the chorea or paralysis of distemper, I have never seen the 

 fits conquered where two or three have occurred, and the chorea 

 never. 



When paralysis or chorea fallows, I would myself kill the ani- 

 mal as an act of mercy. Fo)- the putrid or malignant type of 

 this disease, I have not thought it worth the while to prescribe 

 any treatment, as it is all but incurable. 



For ^^'orms, an ailment to which dogs are extremely liable, 

 and which is very troublesome, and at times, even dangerous, 

 the following formula is safe and unexceptionable. 



^. Cowha^e — Dolichos pruriens, half a drachm. 

 Tin-filings very fine, 4 drachms. 

 made into four, six, or eight balls, with lard, according to the size 

 of the patient, exhibit one every morning, and afterwards ad- 

 minister a purgative, such as epsom salts, or castor oil, or a 



