34 MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS. 



if the symptoms are subsiding, give two grains of calomel 

 and three grains of James's powders. 



Young hounds are also attacked sometimes by inflam- 

 mation of the lungs ; symptoms, difficulty of breathing, 

 short cough, heart beating quickly, eyes and gums red 

 and inflamed, nose hot and dry, with great restlessness. 

 Here bleeding freely at first is the chief remedy, and it 

 must be repeated if necessary. Give a pill at night, 

 composed of three grains of calomel and three grains of 

 James's powders. Early in the morning half an ounce 

 of Epsom salts in warm water. If the inflammation 

 continues, give three grains of James's powders ever}'^ 

 four hours during the next day. The dog must not be 

 kept too warm ; but cold water, and even exposure to 

 cold air, would be fatal. Calomel is a very efficacious 

 medicine with dogs, but they are differently affected by 

 it: with some two grains will have a powerful eflTect. I 

 have therefore in these prescriptions followed the middle 

 course. No doctor would prescribe for a patient without 

 seeing him ; and, as so much depends upon the strength 

 and constitution of the patient, a good deal of discretion 

 must be left with the huntsman and feeder. With 

 proper and judicious treatment ten out of a dozen hounds 

 may be saved by using the remedies I have prescribed. 

 When a young hound is weak and dainty, give him the 

 yolk of a fresh egg in the morning without the white. I 

 must reserve further remarks and other remedies for my 

 next letter. 



