70 DISEASES OF THE GREYHOUND. 



strength of constitution as if he had passed through the disease, 

 and quite as much so as the dog which is exposed to the influence 

 of contagion without taking it. 



The TREATMENT of typhus fever must vary with the stage of 

 the malady, and will be best considered under the heads of 1st. 

 The incipient period ; 2nd. The period of reaction ; 3rd. The 

 typhoid period ; and 4th. The period of convalescence. 



1st. In the incipient period, I should recommend that a dose 

 of calomel and jalap should be given as early as the disease can be 

 clearly made out to be distemper. The dose should be as follows, 

 according to the age of the puppy : 



At six weeks old . . . Calomel 1 grain . . Jalap 4 grains 



Three months old . . 2 . . ,,6 



Six . . 3 . . 9 



Nine . . 4 . . 12 



Above nine months . 4 . . 14 



This dose should be made into a ball with linseed meal, and is 

 chiefly useful in procuring a good flow of bile, and also in 

 removing any lodgment in the bowels which puppies are so very 

 liable to, from their habit of eating all sorts of filth coming in 

 their way. After this has acted freely, which should be en- 

 couraged by warm broth, the puppy should be kept in an airy 

 and warm box, and never suffered to go out to exercise on any 

 pretence whatever till quite free from disease. This point, I am 

 confident, is of the greatest possible importance. Plenty of 

 water should be allowed for him to drink, in which is to be 

 dissolved one drachm of nitre to each quart; and he should be 



