368 FEVERS, AND THEIR TREATMENT. 
known as typhus, and this is particularly the case when many dogs 
are collected together, or when one or two are kept in a close 
kennel, and are neither properly ventilated nor cleaned. 
Cause.—Exposure to wet or cold. 
Treatment.—Complete rest. A gentle dose of opening medi- 
cine; (12) or (13) if the liver is torpid, (15) if acting. After this 
has acted, give slops, and if there is still much fever, one of the 
remedies (45) or (51). If there is much cough, give the draught 
(47) or the bolus (46). 
INFLUENZA. 
The symptoms of influenza at first closely resemble those of the 
last-described attack, but as they depend upon some peculiar 
condition of the air which prevails at the time, and as they are 
more persistent, the name influenza is given. After the first few 
days, the running at the eyes and nose increases, and a cough is 
almost always present, which symptoms often persist for two or 
three weeks, leaving great prostration of strength at the end of that 
time, and often a chronic cough, which requires careful treatment. 
The cause is to be looked for in some peculiar state of the air, 
of the nature of which nothing is known at present. 
Treatment.—In the early stage the remedies should be the 
same as for ordinary or simple “cold.” Towards the second week 
a cough-bolus (46) or draught (47) will generally be required. 
When the strength is much reduced after the second week, and 
the cough is nearly gone, give a tonic pill (62) or mixture (63). 
Great care should be taken not to bring on a relapse by improper 
food or by too early an allowance of exercise. Fresh air is of the 
utmost importance, but it must be taken at a slow pace, as a gallop 
will often undo all that has been effected in the way of a cure. 
TYPHUS FEVER, OR DISTEMPER. 
Having in previously published works proved the similarity of 
this disease to the typhus fever of man, and the identity of the 
two methods of treatment, I shall take this for granted, more 
especially ag it is now generally admitted. 
The essence of the disease is some poison admitted from without, 
