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1. Tinct. Myrrh Sim... ........ cece eee 20 drops. 
Soli Aliment Hewistecduinckeedooencives I ounce. 
AGiUa. Distil:c.c2inesvipeavenre nana 10 ounces. 
Or, 
2. Zinc Sulph. or Plumbi Acetat...... 1 scruple 
Aqua Distil. ...... ee re ee IO ounces. 
Or, 
3. Nitrate of Silver ............... 2.00 - 4 grains 
Alia: Distil : .ccecsncsinseegieaeierens I ounce. 
The second and third forms are more applicable when 
fungoid growths succeed the ulcerative process. 
When the eyes remain weak after recovery from distem- 
per, with opacity of vision,a seton inserted at the back of 
the vars, and daily smeared with stimulating ointment, is 
of great benefit. The time for its removal is to be regu- 
lated according to the condition of the eyes: here the 
third form of lotion is useful. Frequently small circular 
depressions present themselves on the cornea, which, if 
neglected, assume an ulcerated condition, and extend to 
the anterior chamber of the eye. In such cases I have 
found a little calomel or oxide of zinc daily blown on the 
surface of the eye attended with the greatest success. 
I will now proceed to speak of distemper in some of its 
more complicated forms. 
It not unfrequently happens, particularly in house pets, 
whose diminutive bodies are foolishly and unnaturally 
clothed in miniature horse apparel, from their suscepti- 
bility to cold, or from not being observed in time, that 
the catarrhal symptoms increase suddenly in intensity, 
bronchitis sets in, and pneumonia speedily supervenes. The 
hot, rapid, gasping breath, and unmistakable mucous rattle 
of the former, with, on auscultation, the rasping crepitating 
vale in the latter, the sunken eye, jerking and increased 
heart-beats, haggard face, dilated nostrils, and mouth 
drawn back at the angles, soon inform the practical man 
where the mischief is located. a 
