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1. Tinct. Myrrh Sim.. 20 drops. 



Sol. Alumen i ounce. 



Aqua Distil 10 ounces. 



Or, 



2. Zinc Sulph. or Plumbi Acetat i scruple 



Aqua Distil 10 ounces. 



Or, 



3. Nitrate of Silver 4 grains 



Aqua Distil. i ounce. 



The second and third forms are more applicable when 

 fungoid growths succeed the -ulcerative process. 



When the eyes remain weak after' recovery from distem- 

 per, with opacity of vision, a seton inserted at the back of 

 the cars, and daily smeared with stimulating ointment, is 

 of great benefit. The time for its removal is to be regu- 

 lated according to the condition of the eyes : here the 

 third form of lotion is useful. Frequently small circular 

 depressions present themselves on the cornea, which, if 

 neglected, assume an ulcerated condition, and extend to 

 the anterior chamber of the eye. In such cases I have 

 found a little calomel or oxide of zinc daily blown on the 

 surface of the eye attended with the greatest success. 



I will now proceed to speak of distemper in some of its 

 more complicated forms. 



It not unfrequently happens, particularly in house pets, 

 whose diminutive bodies are foolishly and unnaturally 

 clothed in miniature horse apparel, from their suscepti- 

 bility to cold, or from not being observed in time, that 

 the catarrhal symptoms increase suddenly in intensity, 

 bronchitis sets in, and pneumonia speedily supervenes. The 

 ' hot, rapid, gasping breath, and unmistakable mucous rattle 

 of the former, with, on auscultation, the rasping crepitating 

 rale in the latter, the sunken eye, jerking and increased 

 heart-beats, haggard face, dilated nostrils, and. mouth 

 drawn back at the ang'es, soon inform the practical man 

 where the mischief is located. 



