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given for distemper but what I have fully tried, and 

 not one among the various remedies but v^iiat lias 

 failed oftener than it has succeeded. The powder 

 knott'ii so generally as my Distemper Powder 

 {[page 21] was discovered by ine twenty years ago; 

 and I can with truth assert that it is the most sovereiiru 

 remedy that I have been a!)le to meet with. I am 

 free to confess, from the very great varieties in the 

 complaint, that this remedy wants other helps fre- 

 quently, and sometimes even fails altogether. But 

 was this celebrated remedy always given with proper 

 care, and judicious attention to the varying symptoms, 

 it would very seldom fail, so seldom as to make it fair 

 to consider it as a most certain general j-emedy. The 

 reason this Powder is not found alw ays to succeed, is 

 the improper time in which it is administered in many 

 cases. It is often given too early in the complaint, 

 without any preparation ; that is, without an emetic : 

 and it is often given when there is great looseness and 

 purging, by which means it runs quickly oft", and does 

 more harm than good. 



When a dog is attacked with the cough, the eyes 

 being red and watery, and the animal heavy and dull, 

 an emetic should be given. One, two, or three grains 

 of emetic tartar is a proper emetic, according to size, 

 age, and strength ; or a desert spoonful of salt may 

 be substituted. The next day let a Distemper 

 Powder be given [see page 21] ; and, if the fever 

 appears considerable, every evening he may have one, 

 two, or three grains of James's Powder, with or with- 

 out double the quantity of nitre. This will be found a 

 most excellent auxiliary. The only caution to be oh- 

 served is, that the James's Powder should not pur^^e ; if 



