CHAPTER VI 



DISEASES AND REMEDIES 



I HAVE aimed to describe in plain and 

 simple language the diseases to which 

 hounds are most subject, their signs and 

 symptoms, and the simplest and most rational 

 methods of treating them. There are of 

 course many other diseases to which they are 

 subject which lack of space will not allow me 

 to touch upon. If proper attention is paid to 

 the laws of sanitation and disinfectants are 

 used liberally these diseases may be avoided, 

 as a large percentage of them come under the 

 heading of preventable. 



Dogs are subject to almost every disease the 

 human system is heir to. Hounds, from the 

 amount of exercise they get and their regular 

 and simple habits, are immune from many of 

 them, being singularly free from those of a 

 cerebral and spinal character so common in 

 other breeds, the most common hound ailment 

 being distemper and skin diseases. 



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