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dogs, on a cat. Carbolic acid has a particularly bad effect 

 on cats, and should never be used around them in any way. 

 Cats have been known to die of paralysis brought on by the 

 use of carbolic soap. 



Colds are almost as frequent among cats as among people, 

 Sometimes asthma follows as a result of long exposure to 

 weather. One winter when the " grip " was unusually prev- 

 alent I took it from the Pretty Lady. No one in the 

 family had shown any symptoms of the malady until she 

 came down with it and betook herself, as she always did in 

 sickness, to my room. Her labored breathing, watery eyes, 

 and general feverish condition showed plainly what was her 

 trouble, and instead of thrusting her into the cellar or out 

 of doors from fear of contagion, I made her a bed near the 

 register, where she remained several days. Before she was 

 able to leave the room, even, I was ill myself with all the 

 symptoms of grip. 



In all cases of colds, or in other feverish conditions which 

 do not seem to indicate any particular disease, the homoe- 

 opathic pellets of aconite and belladonna, given two at a time 

 alternately once an hour, are the best and safest remedies. 



" Distemper " is something like the catarrhal cold accom- 

 panied by sneezing, coughing, vomiting, intense fever, and 

 diarrhoea, with mucous or watery discharge from the eyes 

 and nose. Sometimes the glands of the throat are swollen 

 also. The cat early shows an inclination for dark comers 

 and warm, even hot, places. The eyes and nose discharge 

 freely, and then sneezing, coughing, and a rattling sound in 

 the chest follow. In very severe cases, it would be a 

 mercy to administer chloroform and thus end its misery. 

 The cat-lover cannot often bring himself to do this, how- 



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