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place where the dog is lodged should also be kept sweet by the use 

 of disinfectants. 



The water given to drink should be first boiled and allowed to get 

 cold ; the diet mnst be light and nourishing, and the dog drenched 

 with liquid food If he refuse to eat. Well boiled oatmeal and milk, 

 or strong beef-tea, or, if the dog be purged, boiled wheaten flour ot 

 arrowroot, with milk and port wine, form a suitable diet, as it is first 

 of aU important to keep up the patient's strength. Much solid 

 food is not advisable, and, indeed, a distemper patient will seldom 

 take it. I have found great benefit from giving pups at short 

 intervaU small quantities of chopped up raw lean meat, beef or 

 mutton, and when very low indeed a little weak brandy and water, 

 followed by the meat ; or Brand's solid Extract of Meat given as a 

 piU, where the appetite is gone and there is great weakness, will 

 rouse the patient and induce him to take more food, by which his 

 strength is kept up. Tonics may also be given alternately vrith 

 the Distemper Mixture. 



Simple Tonic. — Disulphate of quinine, I2gr. ; tincture of gentian 

 and syrup of orange, each 6dr. ; diluted sulphuric acid, 10 drops ; 

 mixed, and a teaspoonful given to 201b. pups. Boston's syrup is a 

 good tonic after distemper (10 to 60 drops twice a day, in water, 

 after food). 



Even after the mora violent symptoms have abated and the disease 

 appears to have passed off, it is still necessary to use caution. Many 

 a valuable dog has been lost by taking him out to exercise too soon 

 after distemper, a very slight exertion sometimes causing a relapse, 

 which in many cases proves fatal, the whole strength of the dog 

 having been wasted in contending with the first attack. The 

 owner, therefore, must not be in a hurry, patience and nourishing 

 diet, with the daily use of the Totiic Pills, which should now be had 

 recourse to, will bring their own reward. The increase in the food 

 should be gradual, and, in addition to the Tonic Pills, cod-liver oil 

 is of great benefit ia restoring the dog to health and strength ; but 

 any special weakness inherited from distemper mnst be specially 

 dealt with. 



HVSZfSJSSS.—See Ybbtioo. 



DOCKING.— Though by no stretch of the imagination this can 

 be called a disease, yet it not infrequently happens that puppies suffer 

 not a little from the operation being clmnsily performed. In the 

 majority of cases docking is quite unnecessary and is merely dona 

 in deference to the dictates of a stupid Fashion. A very common 

 impression prevails that the only correct way of docking a dog is 



