252 DISTEMPER. 



and always fed with a warm liquid diet, such as broth, 

 gruel, &c. 



If the nostrils should discharge, have them washed, 

 or syringed, twice a day, with a lotion of alum, or sugar 

 of lead ; putting about half an ounce of either to a pint 

 of water. 



The following is a recipe, which no bribe could tempt 

 the vender to part with ; but, by means of some very 

 clever chymists, I have ascertained it to be simply as 

 follows: (after some trouble in discovering the pro- 

 portions, and discarding the ingredients by means of 

 which it was disguised in a pill.) 



RECIPE. 



FOR A HALF GROWN POINTER : 



Jalap powder . < . . 25 grains. 



Calomel . . . . 5 grains. 



Made into a pill with a little gum water. 



FOR A FULL GROWN POINTER : 



Jalap powder . . . .30 grains. 



Calomel . . . . .8 grains. 



Mixed as above. 



One of these doses, mixed with butter, or in a small 

 piece of meat, should be given to the dog every other 

 morning, on an empty stomach. The food should be 

 light, and easy to digest ; and the lotion, if required 

 for the nostrils, should be observed here, as before 

 mentioned. 



Notwithstanding the trouble we had to discover this 

 simple recipe, I should prefer the one first given, be- 

 cause there is less chance of a dog taking cold with 

 that, than with any kind of mercurial preparation. 



