7-2 DISEASES OF THE GREYHOUND. 



inflammation, then insert a seton, or apply a blister to the side 

 of the chest. It must be borne in mind that the lungs are a vital 

 organ, and that if much mischief is done, the dog is ruined for 

 ever, though he may, nevertheless, survive the attack. The 

 remedies should, therefore, be sufficiently active to reduce the 

 disease at once. At the same time it is well to take care to do 

 no more than is required ; and, of course, some skill is necessary 

 to hit the happy medium. If there is also diarrhoea, in addition 

 to the chest symptoms, ipecacuanha may be substituted for the 

 tartar emetic in the same doses, and one or two grains of solid 

 opium with ten grains of chalk should be added, so as to check 

 the looseness, which of itself is a highly dangerous symptom. 

 Indeed, all through the course of distemper, it is most necessary 

 to take care that the bowels are not too much relaxed. There 

 is almost always accompanying the chest-affection more or less 

 running at the eyes and nose; the latter is of little importance, 

 it not being either a vital organ, or one of consequence to the 

 greyhound ; and the former will generally disappear as the dog 

 recovers his strength. If otherwise, a drop of solution of nitrate 

 of silver (six grains to one ounce of water) dropped in every day, 

 will help to restore the healthy state of the organ. But there is 

 sometimes a condition in which a young hand would be led to 

 believe that there was great inflammation of the lungs or heart, 

 and in which the above treatment would be speedily fatal. This 

 is characterised by a rapid breathing, with slftw laboured pulse, 

 but without power, the number of respirations in some cases 

 exceeding in frequency the beats of the heart. This is peculiar 





