72 EVERYTHING ABOUT DOGS. 



with Clayton's Cough Cure. She fully recovered. All this goes to show that you 

 must get rid of the WORMS as they are the cause of more trouble to dogs than 

 from any other cause or a combined lot of causes, you may as truthfully say. 



INFLUENZA. This is an epidemic resembling common cold, but more severe 

 in its effects, and contagious. The causes are supposed to be atmospheric cold, and 

 damp weather in spring and autumn, which are the usual seasons of its appear- 

 ance. Influenza is not to be dreaded if taken in hand at once, but if once the 

 system becomes run down or the various symptoms which denote the disease take 

 good hold, there is serious trouble ahead, and leads to complications which deplete 

 the kennel. Even if a cure is affected the convalesence is long and subject to a 

 relapse from the most trivial cause. In the first stage the symptoms are dullness 

 of the animal, loss of appetite, rigors or shivering fits, nose hot, then cold, in- 

 creased thirst. Second stage: A discharge from nose and eyes, which at first is 

 mucoid or watery, but it soon v becomes of a mattery description; the breathing 

 becomes accelerated and the conjunctival membrane red (this is the lining mem- 

 brane of the eyelid). The symptoms in these first stages are very like the earlier 

 symptoms of distemper, and most people seeing one of these cases for the first time, 

 and in a young dog, would say it had the latter-named disease. 



The discharge is not, however, of the purulent offensive character that denotes 

 distemper and the disease is as liable to attack old dogs as young ones. In some 

 cases the eyes are seriously affected, the corner becomes of a bluish shade, the 

 sight is affected, and in some cases ulcers form. In the latter case use Eberhart's 

 Eye Lotion No. 2, two or three times daily. 



Distemper is gradual in its development, but in influenza the different stages 

 develop with great rapidity, the disease running in some cases on to complica- 

 tions in twenty-four hours. If the complaint is not checked in its earlier stages 

 one or both of the after-mentioned complications may set 'in. These complications 

 are affections of the lungs, and those of a rheumatismal character. When the chest 

 complication is setting in, the breathing becomes more accelerated and painful, 

 the fever increases, in fact the symptoms are those of ordinary chest complaints; 

 and these may be bronchitis, congestion and inflammation of the lungs or pleurisy. 

 As it requires the skilled practitioner to differentiate one class of chest disease 

 from another, it would be useless to attempt to explain to the amateur how to 

 diagnose this for himself. 



The dog should be kept in dry quarters and away from draughts. The treat- 

 ment should be similar to that recommended under COLD. The dog will, however, 

 require still greater care exercised in keeping him warm and in a well-ventilated 

 place, as well as in being supported with easily-digested food, such as strong broth, 

 beef tea. boiled milk, bread, etc. In the early stages, Hoffman's anodyne or com- 

 pound spirit of sulphuric ether, given in milk three times a day, is generally bene- 

 ficial. Dose for a 20-lb. dog, 15 drops; smaller toy dogs, 10 drops; larger dogs, 20 

 drops. Any discharge from the nose should be encouraged by warm fomentations 

 and making the dog inhale the vapor from vinegar of squills sprinkled on a hot, 

 wet sponge or cloth. If the throat is swollen and sore, slightly blister with vinegar 

 and mustard, but do not apply too long. 



Feed on nourishing foods, strong broth, boiled milk and bovine. A few drops 

 of the latter, administered frequently in milk, is very strengthening. 



In convalescence a treatment for a few weeks of Clayton's or Dent's Condition 

 Pills will be of great benefit in building up the dog. 



INDIGESTION (Dyspepsia). This means that food taken into the stomach is 



