THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 469 



" Besides these means, the distemper powder, so 

 much celebrated and advised for this use, may be 

 found of much advantage in some cases at the onset 

 of the disease, and is to be had with proper directions 

 for giving it in most places. 



" Where the dogs have much tightness and stop- 

 page in the nasal parts, common tar and butter melted 

 together, and put on and rubbed well upon the higher 

 portions of them, are often of benefit in relieving them: 

 and in cases of much distress and confusion, with 

 stupor in the head, utiUty is sometimes produced by 

 the application of a blister or blistering ointment on 

 the top part of it ; but little service is produced from 

 the insertion of setons in most of these cases. 



" After the first stages of the disease are over, re- 

 course must be had to the more tonic and strength- 

 ening sort of remedies, such as the following : — 

 Cinchona quilled bark, in fine 



powder, . _ - half an ounce. 

 Cascorilla bark, in powder, 1 drachm. 

 Camomile Flowers, in powder, 1^ drachms. 

 Make them into a powder, which may be given in a 

 little broth two or three times in the day if ne- 

 cessary. 



" The diet of the dog should now be gradually 

 rendered more full, with increasing larger proportions 

 of animal matter, and a plentiful supply of drink. 



" In a case where I had a dog, which I much prized, 

 as soon as he was afi'ected with the first symptom 

 of the distemper, when the husky cough and slimy 

 discharge from the nose and mouth had already be- 

 gun, I bled him in the neck till he fainted through 

 loss of blood : on the evening of the same day, 1 ad- 

 ministered — 



Tartar Emetic - - - 10 grains. 



