300 THE MANAGEMENT AND DISEASES OF THE DOG. 



1. Sodae Bicarb lo grains ^ 



Catechu Pulv- , lo „ >- 1 Pill or Powder. 



Opii Pulv 2 ,. ) 



2. Cupri Sulph s to lo „ > jj 



Opii Pulv 2 ,, ) 



3. Tannic Acid 3 to 5 „ -j 



Opii Pulv 2 ,, V- Do. 



Zingib. .'■ 10 ,, ) 



In severe cases, the last prescription (No. 3) is the most 

 effectual. Should the purging continue, and symptoms of 

 pain be manifested, hot linseed-meal poultices applied to the 

 abdomen afford relief,- and materially assist in checking 

 enteritis. Starch enemas are likewise serviceable. 



The diet should consist of strong beef-tea, in which isinglass 

 or gum arable has been dissolved in proportions to make it 

 sufficiently mucilaginous to shield the living membrane of 

 the stomach and intestines. 



With regard to the so-called " distemper-fits," it is almost 

 needless to remark that they are always a dangerous sign, 

 being seldom limited to one attack. Sometimes they appear as 

 the forerunner of distemper, but more frequently as an accom- 

 paniment, and when the patient is low and wasted. 



Immediately symptoms of cerebral disturbance are observed, 

 a seton should be inserted in the occipital region, and action 

 excited as quickly as possible. Let the animal freely breathe 

 fresh air, and administer brandy and water j and if diarrhoea 

 is still present, suspend the opium, but continue the antacids 

 and astringents, and give the brandy with beaten egg or other 

 mucilage. During the seizure, neat brandy may be rubbed 

 on the gums, and ammonia applied to the nostrils. The food 

 should be nutritious, and all other means adopted which 

 are calculated to impart tone to the S3'Stem. 



In protracted cases of distemper, when the system, as it 

 were, has been taxed to the utmost, and the patient reduced 

 almost to the lowest ebb of existence, a cuticular eruption 



