204 * CANINE DISTEMPER 
PRESCRIPTION No. 14. 
B Tinct. digitalis ois si ee WIXXx, 
Spt. zth. nit. aie aaa we Bild. ; 
Caffeine cit.... 38 hs we BTS. XXIV. 
Aquze di ae ad 3i. 
M. ft. mist. 
Sig.: One teaspoonful three times daily ; 
or— 
PRESCRIPTION No. 15. 
B Tinct. digitalis ee ‘ae we MIXX. 
Tr. strophanthi ae ia eee MEXXIL 
Tr. nuc. vom. bee one ..  Mxi. 
P, pot. nit. ... stu diss we Ble 
Aquze wa se ad 3i. 
M., ft. mist. 
Sig. : One teaspoonful three times daily. 
A liberal diet must be allowed and constipation always 
guarded against. 
Nephritis.—Nephritis as occurring in dogs is not so 
_ significant as in man, and frequently it exists without 
ever being diagnosed. The little one can do for it is con- 
fined mostly to ridding the body of its moisture through 
other channels, so as to rest the kidneys as much as 
possible. 
To accomplish this, cascara or calomel may be given as 
purgatives, or excretion by the skin stimulated by the 
application of warm moist clothing, Priessnitz bandage, 
or by hot baths, etc. Spices, salt, and diuretics must be 
avoided, and if there is great pain and arching of the 
back, hot linseed poultices may be applied in the region 
of the kidneys. Barley-water should be substituted for 
the ordinary drinking water, and urotropine given three 
times‘a day as a urinary antiseptic, in doses ranging 
between grs. v. and grs. xv. 
Cystitis.—Inflammation of the bladder may be treated 
locally as well as medicinally; in fact, if the urine con- 
