188 _ CANINE DISTEMPER 
The dose of the 5 per cent. solution is calculated at 
mi. per 1 lb. body weight, injected subcutaneously twice 
daily for several days, diluted with an equal amount of 
physiological salt solution. A valuable auxiliary to the 
nuclein treatment is the injection of anti-distemper 
serum. (See chapter on Sero-Therapy.) 
Gangrene, and Edema of Lungs.—Should gangrene or 
cedema of the lungs supervene, the case must be regarded 
as practically hopeless, and little can be done except 
perhaps the subcutaneous injection of ether and camphor, 
and application of vesicants to the sides, Finally, the 
animal’s strength should be kept up by suitable and 
nourishing diet such as small quantities of scraped raw. 
meat, or meat extract, the pure gravy from joints of roast 
beef, milk or peptonised foods frequently administered. 
Alimentary Disorders— Dirty Mouth.—As already stated, 
the mouth should be regularly washed out with the 
remedies enumerated on p. 163, should any hyperzemia of 
the gums or buccal mucous membrane be noticed or the 
breath become foul; and the teeth, in consequence of the 
dirty brown state they often assume, should also be 
examined and cleaned. An unhealthy mouth invariably 
means an unhealthy body, and treatment of distemper 
would not be complete or thorough without attention 
being paid to this important cavity. 
Pharyngitis. —Pharyngitis, sometimes appearing as an 
extension of stomatitis or laryngitis, may be treated with 
mouth-washes—such as potass. permanganate, 1 per 
cent. solution ; potass. chlor., 3 per cent. solution ; boric 
acid, 5 per cent. solution ; lime-water—applied either with 
soft swabs or through an atomiser. Warm, liquid foods 
and smart external counter-irritants are also indicated. 
Gastritis—In the treatment of gastritis, allusion has 
been already made on p. 168 to some of the drugs which 
prevent or control vomiting, and since this is the most 
