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first symptom of this disorder, generally, is a 

 cough. As soon as it is perceived amongst my 

 young hounds, great attention is paid to them. 

 They have plenty of clean straw, and are fed 

 oftener and better than at other times : as long 

 as they continue to eat the keimel meat, they are 

 kept together ; as soon as any of them refuse to 

 feed, they are removed into another kennel : the 

 door of the kennel is left open in the day, and 

 they are only shut up at night ; and, I think, 

 being out in the air, is of great service to them. 

 To such as are very bad, I give Norris's drops ; 

 to others, emetics ; whilst some only require to 

 be better fed than ordinary, and need no other 

 remedy.* They should be fed from the kitchen 

 when they refuse the kennel meat. Sometimes 

 they will lose the use of their hinder parts : 

 bleeding them, by cutting off the last joint of the 

 tail, may, perhaps, be of service to them. I 

 cannot speak of it with any certainty, yet I 

 have reason to think that I once saved a favou- 

 rite dog by this operation. In short, by one 

 method or another, I think they may sometimes 

 be recovered. 



* Hounds that have the distemper upon them have but 

 little appetite. By feeding two oi- three together, they eat 

 more greedily . 



