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frequently will produce a cold. The first symptoms are shivering and evident 

 languor, succeeded by a hot, dry nose, with a thin discharge at first, but which 

 gradually thickens. If the disease proceed, a hot skin, dullness about the eyes, with 

 other evidences of fever, follow, according to the severity of the case. There is 

 more or less discharge from the nose, sometimes accompanied with sneezing; and 

 if severe, and the bronchial tube be affected, a cough will be the result. It is 

 pretty well understood, when applied to ourselves, that a cold uncared for is most 

 likely to lead to serious illness; and it is no less true of the dog. See also OZAENA. 

 In puppies the syptoms of common cold may be mistaken for those of dis- 

 temper; and in older dogs, if unchecked and uncared for, it is likely to lead to 

 bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, or other dangerous disease. It is, therefore, 

 very necessary to pay attention to the first appearance of a deviation from health 

 in this direction, mindful of the old proverb that "a stitch in time saves nine," 

 such as a coat placed upon the dog, as previously advised under BRONCHITIS. Some 

 hardy animals will need no further care than an extra warm bed and a warm sup- 

 per; but others will require more attention. If, conjointly with other symptoms 

 mentioned, there be a scantiness of urine and costive bowels, give a dose of aper- 

 ient medicm followed by a few doses of Fever Mixtures: 



Powdered nitre 1 dram 



Sweet spirits of nitre % ounce 



Mindererous spirit y z ounce 



Wine of antimony 1 dram 



Water 4 ounces 



Dose for 20 Ib. to 50 lb. dog, one tablespoonful every four hours in a little 

 gruel. Smaller or younger dogs a dessertspoonful. 



Remove any discharge from the eyes with warm water. If they are inflamed, 

 bathe with the following lotion: Boracic acid, powdered, Iscr.; distilled water to 

 6oz. To allow the animal to breathe freely the nose must be bathed; this will tend 

 to prevent accumulations of mucus. During convalescence the following tonic is 

 useful: Easton's syrup, % oz., water to 6 oz. Dose, a 'dessertspoonful to a table- 

 spoonful twice a day. after food. Unless the cold has engendered some more 

 dangerous complaint, this treatment will be all that is required. If the cough be 

 severe, resort at once to the Cough Pills, which invariably relieve; or use Clayton's 

 Cough Cure, which is a very good one. See COUGH. 



Coryza is the name given to a common cold when confined to the nose and eyes, 

 and characterized by a running at the nose and watery eyes. I have found the 

 following plan quickly cure it: Take a large sponge, wring it out of warm water, 

 sprinkle it freely with vinegar of squills, and hold it to the dog's nose, so that he 

 inhales the fumes. Or half fill an upright jar or jug of suitable size with, bran, 

 saturate it with hot water, and sprinkle over and stir into the bran the following: 

 A tablespoonful of ordinary vinegar, a teaspoonful of laudanum, and six drops of 

 glycerine and carbolic acid (British Pharmacopeia.) Mix, and hold the dog's 

 nose over it. This quantity to a double handful of bran in a quart or three-pint 

 jar is suitable for a 20-lb dog. My Eye Lotion No. 2 would be a good thing to 

 use in eyefe in this ca'se. 



The following very able article and treatise on Catarrh was written especially 

 for this book, by DEIST, so favorably known as veterinarian to the American Field: 



CATARRH. Dogs that are badly kenneled, exposed to cold winds, and those 

 that have lately had distemper or a severe cold are subject to an inflammation of 



