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thing, and of itself will half effect a cure. On the third 

 morning^ should the dog continue to cough much, repeat 

 the emetic, with the pill of calomel and opium at night 

 as before. When getting better, give him eight grains 

 of rhubarb and five of carbonate of potash every other 

 day, an hour before feeding in the afternoon. When 

 hounds refuse their food, and before the distemper shows 

 itself, the following is a good recipe : — One ounce of 

 aloes, three quarters of an ounce of iron dust, two 

 drachms of carbonate of ammonia. Make it into a mass, 

 and give a pill the size of a hazel nut, fasting ; repeat 

 the third day. This requires no confinement, and the 

 dog may drink cold water if he likes. 



There is another species of distemper, by huntsmen 

 called the yellows or jaundice, which, unless at once 

 checked, will end fatally in three or four days, sometimes 

 much quicker. The symptoms are drowsiness and loss 

 of appetite, succeeded by a yellow appearance of the 

 whites of the eyes ; the gums appear highly inflamed, 

 and the whole skin will soon assume a yellow hue. If 

 the dog is high in condition, bleeding at the very first 

 will do good ; but if the yellow hue has already spread 

 over the skin, bleeding then will most likely kill him. 

 Give an emetic first — three or four grains of emetic 

 tartar in warm water. Two hours after give the follow- 

 ing made into a pill : — Three grains of calomel, three 

 grains crude opium, three grains emetic tartar. The 

 following day give another pill as follows .• — Six grains 

 turbeth mineral, half a drachm of asafcetida, ten grains 

 of castile soap. Repeat this the third day ; keep the 

 dog warm and from cold water; diet, sheepshead broth, 

 with meal or whey, little or no meat. The fourth night 



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