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■ — vide prescriptions at the end, No. one, — will sufBce. In a 

 day or two, however, if neglected, sometimes a lunning at 

 the nose will be seen ; or the eare and feet will be cold, 

 while the head and body will be feverish ; the nose will be 

 hard, dry, and cracked. By degrees, if neglected, the nose 

 will discharge a thick purulent matter, the belly become 

 hotter and distended, the dog will lie full stretch, belly to the 

 ground, the hind legs begin to fail. He may also have 

 spasmodic and convulsive twitchings, giddiness, foaming at 

 the mouth, epileptic fits. Now he will ravenously eat any- 

 thing cold, drink any quantity of water. 



FIRST CASE. 



Three Setter pups, two to three months old. Appearance, 

 Sc.-^Sliffht drowsiness, dimness of eyes, staring of coat, 

 faeces hard. Gave two teaspoonfuls No. one, and repeated 

 next day. Intermitted a day. Eepeated dose to make sure. 

 All well. 



SECOND CASE. 



TJiree Setter puppies, same age at the same time. — Symp- 

 toms same, and also heat in body and head ; coldness of 

 extremities ; bodies inclined to hardness ; fajces dark and 

 irregular. Gave four teaspoonfuls No. one. Next morning, 

 if anything worse, belly still hard and swelling, gave each 

 half a grain of Calomel, half a grain of Tartar Emetic. Aftei 

 an hour, no vomit having been attained, repeated the doso. 

 At night gave each a pill — Antimony, two grains, Nitre, te.r 

 grains. Ipecacuanha, three grains. 



