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of them on the belly between the thighs, and a 

 mattery discharge from eyes and nose. Then is 

 the time to get busy with your serum, which will 

 help lighten his case, and, if it is of the cough-and- 

 cold variety, dose with the patent preparations on 

 the market ; if intestinal, give bismuth pellets and 

 a fever medicine like sweet spirits of nitre, fifteen 

 drops in a half cup of water, half a teaspoonful 

 being poured down the dog's throat by holding his 

 muzzle shut and pulling out his cheek pouch and 

 pouring the liquid down the funnel thus formed. 

 The treatment of this type of distemper is in gen- 

 eral like typhoid in a human ; little to eat, absolute 

 quiet, and fever medicine when he goes over 103°. 

 But, by keeping your puppy away from other 

 dogs during the spring, never letting him walk 

 with you into town or anywhere where he is likely 

 to smell the ''sign" of other dogs, and never let- 

 ting him get a severe chill, you can get him 

 through his first spring without distemper and 

 have a good chance of raising him to maturity. 



