HUNTING DIRECTORY. 59 



Kemedies for the Distemper. 



toms appear. If, however, this treatment should not 

 have the desh'ecl effect, and a cough ensues, accompa- 

 nied with a discharge at the nose, give him from two 

 grains to eight of tartar emetic (according to the age and 

 size of the dog) every other day. When the nervous 

 symptoms ensue, which I have ah'eady described, ex- 

 ternal stimulants (such as sal-ammoniac and oil, equal 

 parts) should be rubbed along the course of the spinal 

 marrow, and tonics given internally, such as bark, Sec. 



Of the various remedies, the following was given with 

 success to a dog, so afflicted as to be scarcely able to 

 stand : — 



Turbeth's mineral, six grains 



mixed with sulphur, and divided into three doses, one 

 given every other morning. Let a few days elapse, and 

 repeat the course. 

 Another : 



Calomel, one grain and a half 

 rhubarb, five grains 



given every other day for a week. 

 Another : 



Antimonial powder, sixteen grains 

 powdered fox-glove, one grain 



made into four bolusses with conserve of roses, and one 

 given at night, and another the next morning for two 

 days. 



I have known whitening administered for the distem- 

 per, a table spoonful every morning, with a little opening 

 physic occasionally. 



I have uniformly found a complete cure effected from 

 copious and repeated venesection in the early stage of the 



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