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the health of the animal by over-strenuous attempts to 

 get rid of it. 



COLD or CORIZA is not frequent in the dog, but it will 

 occasionally be seen. It comes on gradually, and often 

 passes off without any assistance being given. In pups 

 it is apt to pass first into bronchitis, and then change into 

 distemper, which in such instances, spite of our best en- 

 deavors, will often terminate in fits. 



It springs from various causes, but neglect and impro- 

 per lodging are generally those to which it may be traced. 

 In adult animals it is not to be greatly feared, but in the 

 young it requires immediate attention. The kennel must 

 be looked to ; the food and exercise be strictly watched. 

 Tonics, into which cayenne pepper, cubebs, or balsam of 

 pepper enter, are to be tried, and cod-liver oil also is 

 worth an experiment. The iodide of potassium is also 

 not to be rejected ; but the condition of the patient must 

 decide which is the most likely to be of service in the 

 case. When undertaken early, the symptoms yield in 

 the majority of instances. The discharge, which at the 

 commencement is thin, becomes more copious, grows 

 thicker, and at last ceases. The sneezing stops and the 

 spirits return ; but should the disorder not be checked, 

 the larynx becomes involved, and cough appears. If no 

 relief be now sought, and the disease spreads, the breath- 

 ing grows quick at first, and then laborious. 



The pup may even at this stage be eager to feed, and 

 when its attention is excited, be as playful as in health ; 

 but if watched it will be seen, when alone, to be oppressed 



