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the Distemper. 



" 1st. The stage offerer and general excitement. 



" 2nd. The deposition of coagulable lymph into the 

 substance of the lungs : and 



" 3rd. The effusion of matter into the bronchial tubes. 



" In drawing this view of the complaint, the liver is not 

 to be overlooked ; and it would seem as if this organ was, 

 by a general irritability of the system, excited to a state 

 of unusual activity, and that thus, by the presence of an 

 increased and vitiated state of the bile, the stomach and 

 bowels were brought into a disordered condition, and 

 their villous coats inflamed. 



" Upon the epidemic, contagious, or other causes pre- 

 disposing to the Distemper, it is not now my intention to 

 oifer any remarks ; but I shall proceed to the treatment 

 which appearances after death would indicate. 



" It is necessary for me to add that I have no experi- 

 ence of its efficacy, nor do I pretend to say that it will be 

 successful. Indeed the object of this paper is rather to 

 induce those who may have daily opportunities of be- 

 coming acquainted with the complaint, by observing its 

 causes, symptoms, and progress, to form an idea of its 

 nature ; and lastly, by the operation of remedies and 

 frequent dissections, to arrive at some certain conclusions. 



" Treatment. — At the commencement of the symptoms, 

 or during the first stage of excitement, the dog should 

 be bled freely, according to his age and strength. After 

 wliich an emetic of tartarised antimony or ipecacuanha 

 should l)e administered, and its operation promoted by 

 mild bland fluids ; moderate doses of calomel, opium, and 

 antimony, should be given every three or four hours, 

 and the excess of bile removed by occasional doses of 



