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foods must be concentrated, and they may consist of strong beef-teas or broths, 
the juices or extracts of meat, and raw eggs in milk. The so-called extracts 
of beef on the market cannot be relied on, therefore meat must be obtained, 
slightly warmed, and its juice extracted by means of a lemon-squeezer or the 
like. 
To prevent disordering the digestive organs, a danger which always exists 
where the feeding is forced, it will be advisable to have at hand a supply of 
the saccharated or sugar of pepsin, and put from one-fourth to one-third of a 
teaspoonful of it into every feeding. 
In feeding the victims of distemper the rule should be ‘little and often.” 
Even were food taken voluntarily and in sufficient quantities, four times in 
twenty-four hours would scarcely be any too often. If they require coaxing, 
and will eat but little at a time, they should be tempted at least every third 
hour; and when they must be forced to take nourishment, longer intervals of 
fasting than three hours in the day and four hours during the night would 
scarcely be safe. 
For a dog of medium size one large cupful of nourishment at each feeding 
ought to be near right, provided the same be strong; but not if it consists of 
the clear juices of beef, of which three or four tablespoonfuls would be a goodly 
quantity. 
A cupful of milk with two raw eggs beaten into it would constitute a 
generous feeding; and to the same, sherry wine or brandy can be added if 
required. 
Milk and beef-tea or broths, to be fed by hand, may be thickened slightly 
with bread crumbs, rice, barley, or one of the various meals. 
When raw beef, minced finely or scraped, is relied on, the quantity allowed 
at each feeding should be two or three heaping tablespoonfuls for patients of 
medium size or largest breeds. 
In rare instances the stomach becomes so irritable that ordinary foods can- 
not be retained. Then for a time the whites of eggs mixed with a little water 
must be the main support. 
Thus far the consideration of treatment in distemper has been confined to 
uncomplicated cases. Obviously those in which complications occur will 
require some modifications, which must be suggested by the nature of the 
accidental troubles or complications. 
Pneumonia, or, as commonly called, inflammation of the lungs, — which 
is often accompanied by pleurisy, — is one of the most frequent complications 
in distemper. 
Although its symptoms are quite distinct and pronounced, unfortunately it 
is liable to occur and exist for several days before its presence is detected, unless 
the patient is very carefully watched and the thermometer used habitually sev- 
eral times daily. 
