146 THE DISTEMPER. 



frequent and distressing-, the following- powders will be pre- 

 ferable : — 



Antimouial powder 12 grains 



Powdered foxglove 8 grains 



Nitre, in powder half a dram. 



Mix, and divide into ten doses if the dog- is small, into seven 

 if of a middling- size, and into five if he is larg-e ; and g-ive 

 one of them every nig-ht and morning-. Continue this plan 

 for two or three days ; after which, if the dog- remains strong-, 

 give another emetic, and, when it is worked off, recommence 

 the fever remedies. Should diarrhoea or purging- come on, 

 discontinue these medicines, and have recourse to those de- 

 tailed under the head Looseness of Bowels. 



Should the bowels not be relaxed, as goon as the inflam- 

 matory symptoms have somewhat abated, and when, instead 

 of a watery moisture, the eyes and nose exude pus, or matter, 

 then the fever remedies, above described, may very properly 

 give place to others. 



It is at this period of the disease I have experienced the 

 happiest effects from the popular Distemper Remedy, dis- 

 covered by me. This medicine has stood the test of nearly 

 thirty years* trial ; and although the varied appearances in 

 the complaint render other auxiliaries absolutely necessary, 

 yet no case of distemper can occur (that only excepted in 

 which the purging continues without intermission) in which 

 this Powder may not be given with great benefit in some 

 stage of the disease. 



Whenever, therefore, this Remedy is within reach, 1 would 

 strongly recommend that it may be tried at this period of the 

 complaint, according to the directions given with it. It should 

 also be repeated as long as the benefit resulting from it is 

 striking and marked. But as cases will occur where the de- 

 bility which is apt to follow the purulent state becomes ex- 

 cessive, so it will be, in such cases, prudent to join with this 

 Remedy the tonic remedy detailed below. Likewise, when the 

 Distemper Powders are not at hand, or when they have been 

 tried without evident benefit., it will be prudent, after the , 



