THE SPORTSMAN'S VADE MECUM. 65 



FIFTH CASE. 



A Terrier bitch in very low condition, pups having been 

 lately weaned. Age, two or three years. Symptoms very 

 mild. Gave half an ounce of salts, and two days after, ten 

 grains Ipecacuanha, followed up by four grains Antimonial 

 Powder, for two days. Results : bitch was cured of distem- 

 per, but so dreadfully weak, could not feed itself. Gave one 

 teaspoonful of Huxam's Tincture of Bark, three times a day. 

 Hand-fed her frequently with rich beef soup, milk, and bread. 

 After a very hard fight, brought her round. 



Remarks. Could not have done better much, except 

 would have given a combination of Antimony, Ipecacuanha, 

 and Nitre at first, i. e. after purging with salts. Got great 

 credit at the time for the cure, more deserved for nursing 

 well. 



From these cases you will be able to see, that for a simple 

 purgative we prefer salts, as being a very cooling dose, and 

 suiting a dog's constitution well. In the earlier stages, it 

 sometimes effects a cure. Where there is a discharge of the 

 nose, you must, after purging, work on the lungs. Where 

 there is fever, you must double your purging, i. e. clean 

 them out front and rear as quickly as possible. Where to 

 this is added a visible disorganization of the secretions, you 

 ought to call in Calomel in large doses, one or two grains, 

 repeated, and this you may continue with Antimony, and so 

 at the same time subdue the inflammation of the lungs. In 

 the earlier part of spring and in fall, there is little fear of 

 diarrhoea supervening. A slight attack of it will not be of 



