470 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



doubled between some bread and butter : this dose I 

 repeated four successive mornings ; after which all 

 virulent symptoms had disappeared, and in less than 

 ten days after the bleeding, the dog was perfectly 

 restored to health. 



" At all times cleanliness is very essential in this 

 disease, as also fresh air ; and no dog should be 

 allowed to lie or sleep near a fire while affected with 

 this disorder. 



" Dogs fed on potatoes and biscuit suffer much less in 

 cases of distemper, than such as live on high food, as 

 raw meat, carrion, &c. 



*' No fiesh should be given during the progress of 

 the disease,'' 



Mange 



Is generally the result of neglect, although it will 

 occasionally be present among the cleanest dogs, and 

 in the best of kennels ; with some it is acquired by in- 

 fection, with others it is the sequent of a morbid 

 action of the constitution. 



Dogs confined too long in one small kennel, will 

 engender mange, owing to the acrid efiluvia of their 

 transpiration. It is as common to dogs well fed as to 

 such as are in ill-condition ; and nothing will sooner 

 produce the disorder than feeding on salt provisions, 

 or drinking stale and dirty water. 



Mange has been divided into four different kinds : 

 the common, the red, the spongy, and the surfeit ; 

 of these the common mange is the most infectious, 

 but the red mange is the most obstinate to cure. 



Common mange has been cured by brimstone alone; 

 .his has been given regularly every day in the food j 



