loG FACT AGAINST FICTION, 



CHAPTER V. 



DISEASES TO WHICH HOUNDS ARE LIABLE. 



Distemper and its Treatment continued — Hydrophobia — How to 

 distinguish Distemper Madness from the Madness of Hydro- 

 phobia — Vaccination a Remedy against Distemper — How to 

 Operate ; Causes of Failure, and points essential to Success — 

 Dangerous consequences of giving a Dog a bad name, and a 

 True Story in illustration — Soup and the Kennel Boiler- 

 Kennel Lameness. 



The following is a list of the more important 

 diseases to which hounds are liable : — 



The common distemper, its effects and attendant 

 insanity, and its inevitable presence. 



The hydrophobia, the rarest of all diseases to 

 which a kennel may be liable. Totally different 

 from the insanity of the brain caused by distemper, 

 and only to be communicated through the bite of 

 the dying dog. 



The kennel lameness. 



Tlio yellows or jaundice. 



