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Directions. — One tablespoonful night and morning. 



In addition to the treatment already indicated 

 the system requires good nourishing support, along 

 with alcoholic stimulation, in order to enable the 

 animal to tide over the critical stages of the disease. 

 Egg flip is as suitable as anything else; it is made 

 by taking four ounces of brandy and four ounces 

 of cinnamon water, then beating up the yolks of 

 two eggs, adding to these half an ounce of refined 

 sugar, subsequently blending the whole. The dose 

 for a hound is one or two ounces every three hours. 

 Both bovril, virol and Valentine's meat juice, like- 

 wise Brand's essence of beef, as well as minced raw 

 beef, are all useful for supporting the system, and 

 any one of the articles named can be used. 



A moist atmosphere is favourable within the 

 kennel, and the best means of obtaining this is by 

 means of medicated steam. A bronchitis kettle 

 does very well for this purpose, and the steam may 

 be medicated by adding an ounce each of oil of 

 eucalyptus, spirit of camphor, turpentine and creolin, 

 or any of these can be used separately for the same 

 purpose. If the atmosphere in the kennel is kept 

 constantly surcharged by this vapour it will materi- 

 ally facihtate resolution, but proprietors must not 

 be misled into an erroneous conception concerning 

 certain proprietary articles advertised. No inhala- 

 tion is capable of curing distemper, and the only 



