182 CANINE DISTEMPER 
PRESCRIPTION No. 5. 
BR Pulv. pot. chlor. re we .. «gs. xl. 
Tr. camph, co. ... slag ue wee MIXXX, 
Liq. glycyrrhize ae eee wee Slit. 
Aque ... oe aoe aa a. ad Ji. 
M. ft. mist. 
Sig: One teaspoonful to be given every three hours. 
PLEASE Note.—The doses recommended in all these, and sub- 
sequent, prescriptions are calculated as for the fox-terrier or similar dog 
twelve months of age. 
External treatment consists in the application of hot 
fomentations or poultices to the throat, or the use of 
counter-irritants—such as soap liniment, ordinary em- 
brocation, cantharides ointment, or mustard. Fomenta- 
tions should never be used in conjunction or alternately 
with rubefacients, as a blistering effect is then produced 
which may be undesirable, . 
Bronchitis.—For bronchitis, morphine and codeine are 
both very efficacious, although better than either is the 
concentrated mist. heroin co. The principal advantages 
of heroin over morphine or codeine are that, whilst its 
dose as a sedative is much smaller, it does not cause 
constipation, and the blood pressure is not altered in any 
way. It possesses the property of lowering the tempera- 
ture to a greater degree than morphine, whilst not giving 
rise to the cramp-producing effect which codeine exerts 
if given in large doses. Heroin is not more toxic than 
codeine, whilst the dose is smaller and the effect greater 
in all cases of laryngitis, bronchitis, or pneumonia. 
An efficient soothing and expectorant combination, 
especially suitable for dogs, may be found in Cocillana 
Compound Syrup (Parke, Davis), which is particularly 
adapted to the treatment of acute or chronic bronchitis 
when the secretion is scanty and cough excessive. The 
dose is ss. to 31. in water. 
