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twice daily, supplemented when necessary by one of the aperient dog 

 pills noted in par. 321 . (see also Appendix). 



526. After the active symptoms have abated, and the dog weak, then 

 tonics may be serviceable. One teaspoonful each of Parrish's syrup 

 and glycerine, given in water twice a day answers well, or two to six 

 grains of sulphate of quinine in a wineglassful of port wine may be 

 administered. The food to be given must be of an easy digestible 

 nature, such as beef tea, mutton or chicken broth, and milk and bread. 



527. Asthma, or difficult breathing (pars. 515 and 516) is mostly 

 seen in aged, over-fed, pampered dogs. It is generally due to 

 improper feeding, and is usually associated with liver complications. 

 For symptoms, treatment, and feeding, see pay. 321 . 



528. Distemper is a contagious febrile disease of a specific 

 character, and although it may attack dogs at all ages, it is mostly 

 seen in puppies, and, like measles in the human subject, generally 

 occurs only once in a life-time. Some breeds of dogs suff'er more from 

 the malady than others. It attacks various parts of the body, such 

 as the respiratory organs, or those of digestion, or the nervous system. 



529. The organs of respiration are, however, the most subject to an 

 attack of the malady, and when the puppy is observed to be dull, 

 languid, depressed, and off" its food, with a dry muzzle, and a 

 discharge from the eyes and nose, it may be assumed that it is 

 " breeding" distemper. It is highly necessary that the patient should 

 be well cared for at the outset, should at once be put into comfortable 

 quarters, (par. 525) and have administered a dose of castor oil, and 

 syrup of buckthorn. This should be followed up every eight hours 

 with a dose of from 10 to 60 grains of hypo-sulphate of soda, dissolved 

 in one wineglassful of cold water, to which from i to 6 grains of sul- 

 phate of quinine has been added. The hypo-sulphate and quinine 

 mixture I have found to answer splendidly. For further treatment 

 and feeding, see pars. 525 and 526. 



530. Bad attacks of distemper in dogs occasionally end in Chorea. 

 This is a derangement of the nervous system, for which there is nothing 



