so 



HOUNDS. 



indeed about letting him out. I have seen many 

 hounds, practically over the complaint, let out too 

 soon, go under with pneumonia. 



Now a word or two as to diet during distemper. 

 Whatever form, the complaint takes, there is always 

 fever, and if it was the practice to keep a clinical 

 thermometer in the kennel, it would doubtless often 

 show a temperature far above normal in the early 

 stages of the disease. Let us compare the treat- 

 ment of a human being that is suffering from a high 

 temperature, which almost invariably accompanies 

 most of our diseases. The doctor orders a dose of 

 medicine to clear the system, and puts the patient 

 on a milk diet. Now in kennel, when the young 

 hounds will not feed, they are tempted with dainty 

 morsels of horse flesh. What is the result ? The 

 hound, owing to his high temperature and weak- 

 ness, is unable to digest the meat, which lies 

 in his stomach if he does not vomit it, and this 

 delays his recovery, or, more often than not, pro- 

 duces a state of congestion which adds a compli- 

 cation to the worst form of disease hounds are 

 liable to. 



I have found the best results accrue, in dealing 

 with distemper, by starting with and sticking to 

 milk diet until the fever dies away. 



I have heard of, and seen, many contrivances for 

 the prevention and cure of distemper, but have 

 always found that a few doses of medicine to keep 



