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in shawls before a hot fire, and almost totally deprived of 
one of the great essentials to recovery—the inhalation of 
fresh and cool air. As veterinarians, we are by this time 
all thoroughly aware of the importance of this great prin- 
ciple in the treatment of catarrhal diseases in the lower 
animals; and in proportion to that knowledge, so has our 
success in treatment been greater ; so that diseases of this 
type are now few and far between, whereas they were once 
rife and fatal. 
As the symptoms continue to abate, the nourishment of 
the diet can be increased, and cod-liver oil may be given as 
_ previously described. 
When distemper becomes associated with jaundice, it is 
commonly called the “yellows,” and treated by kennel-men 
and quacks as a distinct disease ; though I need hardly . 
say that it is but the result of general derangement of the 
system, consequent on improperly treated or neglected 
distemper. 
_ The symptoms are a yellow tinge of the eyes, visible 
mucous membranes, and thin parts of the integument—as 
inside the thighs, forearms, and ears, and that covering the 
abdomen ; pain on pressure over the region of the liver, and 
sometimes enlargement, with hardness ; the feces pale and 
hard, or soft and greenish, and mingled with mucus; the 
urine high-coloured, hot, and occasionally turbid. 
The patient may or.may not exhibit catarrhal symptoms, 
with jaundice. In distemper it most frequently follows the 
former. ; 
A mild dose of aloes and calomel is generally at first 
advisable, but in the administration of this we must. be 
guided by the other symptoms, If the catarrh is still 
present, or the bowels irritable, aloes must certainly be 
avoided. Five-grain doses of hydrarg. cum creta may be 
given daily to a medium-sized dog ; and if this is found to 
be unattended with benefit, sulphurous acid—from three to 
ten drops in a little cold water—may be tried, as it is 
