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condition or exposure which might be likely to lead-to a 
chill or a relapse ; and allow no other distempered dog to 
come in contact with it, for immunity may not yet have 
become firmly established. Also exercise consideration 
for the health of other, unaffected, dogs, since the con- 
valescent one will be infective or a “carrier,” probably 
for some weeks, or at any rate until the last visible 
symptom has departed at least a week, and the cured dog 
has been thoroughly immersed in a disinfectant bath. 
All its old rugs, coats, bedding, and other articles per- 
taining to the sick-room, must be burnt, baked, or other- 
wise disinfected. _ : 
_ Tonics, particularly quinine, may now be administered 
as recommended on p. 200, and attention should be paid 
to the action of the bowels. . 
Nothing can be hurried in the therapeutics or after- 
treatment of dogs suffering with distemper—all must 
take its course. . 
