476 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY 



Coughs 



Are very common among dogs, and may be attri- 

 buted to various causes. That which accompanies dis- 

 temper has been already discussed. Worms will often 

 be attended by a short cough, not unfrequently pro- 

 ducing nausea, and the animal appears every way out 

 of condition ; in this case the worms which produce 

 the disease must be first eradicated, for which refer to 

 the treatment under that head. 



Cold frequently produces a cough, which, when it 

 has continued any length of time, it will be necessary 

 to treat very carefully. After bleeding, administer 

 two or three grains of tartar emetic, or common salt, 

 in the proportion of a teaspoonful to a dessert-spoon- 

 ful, according as the dog is large or small. 



As dogs get old a cough is contracted by degrees, 

 which becomes very hollow, and finally degenerates 

 into 



Asthma, 



Which is not readily cured, unless speedy means be 

 resorted to, and the disease is in its earliest stages : it 

 assumes various forms, at times being accompanied 

 with great emaciation, while in other cases it is found 

 with an accumulation of fat. 



In this last instance, over-feeding and want of re- 

 gular exercise may be referred to as the main cause : 

 this then is easily obviated by regularity in every- 

 thing which tends to produce ease and health. Bleed- 

 ing may give rehef in the early stages, and the ad- 

 ministration of mild purgatives. 



