40 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



agglutinations of the muscle fibers, it increases the supply of blood to the part and 

 promotes its nutrition and has a most beneficial reflex action on the entire nervous 

 system." 



COUGH. Cough, strictly speaking, is a symptom of disease, rather than a 

 disease itself, but it is in very many cases to non-profeissional observation the 

 most distinct sign that something is wrong; indeed, so markedly is this the case 

 that we speak of a person having a bad cough as the ailment from which he suffers, 

 rather than the symptom of that ailment, and hence we have innumerable specific 

 remdies as cough mixtures, cough pills, etc. Our dog we treat in the same way, 

 taking the sign for the substance, the smoke for the fire, and fortunately without 

 much practical harm, for generally speaking, the medicine that will ease a cough 

 is acting favorably on the disease of which the cough is an evidence. To decide 

 what particular disease is indicated by the cough, the concomitant symptoms and 

 circumstances, as described under the special disease, which are usually preceded 

 or accompanied by cough, must be taken into account, and the special treatment 

 called for in each case followed. Coughs vary as much in character as do the dis- 

 eases of which they are in many cases the most pronounced indication. Thus, in 

 common cold the cough slight and humid; in bronchitis, hard, dry and frequent; 

 and in inflammation of the lungs and pleurisy, short and suppressed, doubtless from 

 the great pain caused by the effort. When the throat is sore, the cough is hoarse 

 and generally accompanied by more or less difficulty in swallowing; in asthma, the 

 cough may be described as wheezy, and is often followed by vomiting. Cough in 

 distemper has a peculiar husky, hollow sound. Cough may be produced by a bit of 

 bone or other substance sticking in the throat and causing irritation, in which 

 case the cough is the natural effort to get relief, and ceases with the removal of the 

 irritating cause. As a cough is almost invariably connected with some derange- 

 ment of the respiratory organs or air passages, its warning should never be 

 neglected, and the early resort to the use of the following pills will be sure to 

 relieve, will frequently cure, and can, under no circumstances, do any harm : 



COUGH PILL. 



Powdered ipecacuanha 6 grains 



Powdered opium 6 grains 



Compound squill pill 24 grains 



Powdered gum ammoniacum 24 grains 



Powdered licorice 24 grains 



Powdered rhubarb 12 grains 



Mix and make into twenty-four pills; dose for a 15-lb. to 40-lb. dog, one pill 

 night and morning; under 15- IDS. half a pill, and for large breedis give 1^ 

 pills as a dose. 



Another very good cough mixture for many kinds of coughs is: 



Muriate of ammonia 2 drams 



Compound syrup morphia. 2 ounces 



Aqua destil . . . 2 ounces 



Dose: Prom half to a teaspoonful every two hours according to size of 

 dog. For puppies 10 to 15 drops as a dose. 



FOE A BRONCHIAL COUGH (Chronic). The following is a very good one. A tea- 

 spoonful is the dose, as this cough is, of course, found in older dogs only, and will 

 do for all breeds except very small toy dogs, when half a teaspoonful will do; 



