78 DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



( TTL v to x) or paregoric (3i-ii) may be given. When diarrhea 

 persists, tannigen (gr. v to x) is a good remedy given thrice daily. 

 The diet in diarrhea should consist chiefly of boiled milk and boiled 

 rice. 



Nervous symptoms, as active delirium and excitement or con- 

 vulsions, are quieted by chloral (gr. v to xxx) with sodium bro- 

 mide (gr. xv to i) in solution by the mouth (or rectum in boiled 

 starch water). 



Later in the disease, paralyses and weakness are antagonized 

 by various general and nerve tonics, as syrup of the phosphates of 

 iron, quinine and strychnine (3ss-ii; 5i=strychnine gr. 1/80). 

 A pill of arsenic trioxide (gr. 1/60 to 1/40), strychnine (gr. 

 1/100 to 1/40) and reduced iron (gr. i), given three times daily, 

 is also efficient. 



The characteristic pustular eruption on the inside of thighs 

 and lower part of belly needs little attention, but zinc oxide and 

 starch (1 to 4) may be dusted on moist spots and carbolized vase- 

 line used to soften crusts. 



A nutritious diet is of great importance throughout — as milk, 

 raw scraped beef, bovinine, and beef juice squeezed from slightly 

 broiled meat. Brandy or whiskey may be given in milk with white 

 of egg. Strong soups, broths and beef tea are also serviceable,, 

 but boiled milk is better if there is diarrhea. The patients should 

 be isolated and, when well, the premises thoroughly cleaned with 

 soap and water and a disinfectant. Country air favors recovery 

 over that of the city. A few grain doses of calomel night and morn- 

 ing at the onset of the disease may lessen the severity of the attack. 



The treatment of the cat is much the same as that outlined 

 above for dogs, but the doses should be about one-quarter of those 

 given. There is a kind of distemper called Dog Plague, which is 

 thought to be a distinct disease because it appears to afford no 

 protection against future attacks of ordinary distemper and occurs 

 often in adult dogs, which have had distemper. The incubation 



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