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withstanding this deformity in appearance, the 

 hound lost none of his flxculties, and seemed as 

 sensible as before the attack. The old remedy in 

 these cases was the simple application of tar, from 

 the nose down to the tip of the tail ; port wine 

 and bark was also prescribed as a tonic, of which 

 we suppose the feeder took his share — probably the 

 largest. Patience and perseverance in such cases 

 will be commensurate with the supposed value of 

 the patient, and no pains or trouble can be said to 

 be thrown away if the life of a very clever young- 

 hound can be saved. We liave often seen twitch- 

 ino's of the limbs to remain after such visitations, 

 and have kept hounds so affected, which, if not 

 capable of very great exertions in the field, would, 

 from their high breeding, do more in half a day 

 than others would do in a whole one. Upon fleshy 

 hounds the distemper falls with the greatest severity, 

 in cono^estion of lunojs and liver, in which cases 

 bleeding at the very commencement may turn the 

 tide — in fact, although the lancet has been seldom 

 resorted to of late years by medical men, except in 

 very critical cases, we may include such attacks in 

 this category. In inflammatory subjects the loss of 

 blood often prevents the loss of life, when taken in 

 time — if too late, the animal dies from thy opera- 

 tion. Blistering ointment ought also to be applied 

 and rubbed in over the seat of the disease, and we 

 know of none more efticacious than tartar emetic 

 and lard, one drachm of the former mixed with 

 seven of the latter. Calomel and James's powders, 

 when lungs and liver are aftected, are the chief 



