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from the severe exhaustion so characteristic of 

 distemper. 



Treatment and Management. — A dry kennel, warm 

 clothing for the body, pure air, and unremitting 

 attention are indispensable factors in the manage- 

 ment of a hound when affected with this trouble. 

 Distemperic pneumonia, being an infective malady, 

 calls for immediate segregation of the animals 

 attacked, but it is no use to pick out the infected ones 

 from amongst the healthy unless due precaution 

 is exercised in regard to the latter. The temperature 

 of all the puppies should be taken night and morning, 

 and directly any single member shows the slightest 

 rise above the normal — which ought not to exceed 

 102° Fahr. — it should be at once isolated and placed 

 under the best circumstances possible. Counter- 

 irritation certainly constitutes a valuable means of 

 controlling advancing disease in connection with 

 the lungs and adjacent structures. Mustard paste 

 is a severe remedy and requires to be employed with 

 discretion, and in order to diminish the severity of 

 its effects the author considers that it is better to 

 combine equal parts of linseed and mustard, making 

 this into a paste with warm water and then smearing 

 it over the sides and front of the chest, but not 

 beneath the arms, otherwise the mustard will pro- 

 duce discomfiture and useless pain, which aggravates 

 the malady already in existence. As an alternative 



