ON DISTEMPER AND MADNESS AMONG HOUNDS. 127 



o^jenitioii of vaccination, the distemper having 

 occiuTccl, the fact of its appearance proved to 

 their not over-inquiring' minds that the suggested 

 remedy was incompetent to the object in view. 



It is far more difficult to vaccinate a hound or 

 dog than to vaccinate a man, woman, or child. The 

 reasons which militate against the operation, and 

 which nmst be guarded against, are as follows : — 

 The operation has to be performed on some portion 

 of the dog's figure which he can neither get at to 

 scratch nor lick. If he can attain either of these 

 actions, he is sure to destroy the virus, and render 

 the attempted operation vain. If puppies are kept 

 together, they Avill find out and lick the places for 

 each other; to make a fair experiment, therefore, 

 the young hound, for three or four days only, 

 should be kept by himself. 



There are only two places in the dog's frame 

 that I particularly suggest for vaccination ; the one 

 is high ujj on the inside the ear, the other is on the 

 chest near the fore-arm, and slightly before and a 

 little above the elbow. This latter place the hind 

 foot of the dog cannot reach, and when well selected 

 he cannot touch it with his tongue. 



To these two places there attach two cutaneous 



