3i8 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 



frequently given with success. The addition of quinine is 

 often useful. 



A mustard poultice applied over the region of the liver 

 in severe cases, affords considerable relief, and at the onset 

 is of especial service. 



The diet should be plain and light ; milk, with one-third 

 its quantity of lime-water, is most suitable until an improve- 

 ment in the symptoms is observed. 



When the disease extends to the bowels — which, in 

 neglected cases of distemper, or even* in those most 

 assiduously attended, it frequently does — a violent form of 

 diarrhoea or dysentery sets in. The faeces are dark, 

 streaked with blood, and offensive ; the patient rapidly 

 wastes, has a sickening odour, and speedily dies, often, 

 under even the most energetic and judicious treatment. 

 A mild dose of oil (linseed or salad) is generally 

 at first advisable, and in three hours this is best followed up 

 with antacids and astringents : 



I. Sodae Bicarb lo grains " 



Catechu Pulv lo „ V i Pill or Powder. 



Opii Pulv 2 



rains 1 



n 1 



2. -Cupri Sulph s to lo grains ) t, 



Opii Pulv 2 „ ) ^°' 





3. Tannic Acid 3 to 5 



Opii Pulv 2, „ \ Do. 



Zingib 10 



In severe cases, the last prescription (No. 3) is the most 

 effectual. Should the purging continue, and symptons of 

 pain be manifested, hot linseed-meal poultices applied 

 to the abdomen afford relief, and materially assist in 

 checking enteritis. Starch enemas are likewise serviceable 



The diet should consist of strong beef-tea, in which isin- 

 glass or gum arable has been dissolved in proportions 

 to make it sufificiently mucilaginous to shield the living 

 membrane of the stomach and intestines. 



With regard to the so-called "distemper fits," it is 



