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access to cold water. Early the next morning give liim a table- 

 spoonful of castor oil, an hour after some warm sheep's head broth, 

 milk and water, and warm whey, if you can get any. ^ Whey at 

 this particular period is better than anything, and of itself mil 

 half effect a cure. On the third morning, should the dog con- 

 tinue to cough much, repeat the emetic, with the pill of calomel 

 and opium at night as before, When getting better, give him 

 eight grains of rhubarb and five of carbonate of potash every 

 other day. an hour before feeding in the afternoon. When 

 hounds refuse their food, and before the distemper shows itself, 

 the following is a good recipe : — One ounce of aloes, three 

 quarters of an ounce of iron rust, two drachms of carbonate 

 of ammonia. Make it into a mass, and give a pill the size of a 

 hazel nut, fasting ; repeat the third day. This requires no con- 

 finement, and the dog may drink cold water if he likes. 



There is another species of distemper, by huntsmen called the 

 yellows, or jaundice, which, unless at once checked, will end 

 fatally in three or four days, sometimes much quicker. The 

 symptoms are drowsiness and loss of appetite, succeeded by a 

 yellow appearance of the whites of the eyes ; the gums become 

 highly inflamed, and the whole skin will soon assume a yellow 

 hue. If the dog is high in condition, bleeding at the very first 

 will do good; but if the yellow hue has already spread over the 

 skin, bleeding then will most likely prove fatal. Give an emetic 

 first — three or four grains of emetic tartar in warm water. Two 

 hours after, give the following made into a pill : — Three grains 

 of calomel, two grains crude opium, three grains emetic tartar. 

 The following night give another pill as follows : — Six grains 

 turbeth mineral, half a drachm of assafoetida, ten grains of Cas- 

 tile soap. Repeat this the third day ; keep the dog warm and 

 from cold water ; diet, sheep's head broth, with meal or whey, 

 little or no meat. The fourth night, if the symptoms are sub- 

 siding, give two grains of calomel, and three grains of James's 

 powders. 



Young hounds are also attacked sometimes by inflammation 

 of the lungs ; symptoms, difficulty of breathing, short cough, 

 heart beating quickly, eyes and gums red and inflamed, nose hot 

 and dry, with great restlessness. Here bleeding freely at first 

 is the chief remedy, and it must be repeated if necessary. Give 

 a pill at night, composed of three grains of calomel and three 

 grains of James's powders. Early in the morning half an ounce 

 of Epsom salts in warm water. If the inflammation continues, 

 give three grains of James's powders every four hours during 

 the next day. The dog must not be kept too warm ; but cold 

 water, and even exposure to cold air, would be tcttal. Calomel 



