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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mat 11, 1882. 



R Sjt. scillte _ m. x. ad m 3 J. 



Tinet, hyoseyam m x. 8(1 m 40. 



Sp. rether. nitros m x. ad 3 j, 



Aq. camph q. s. M. 



iiAI eA T dro P q of dilute hydrochloric acid should be added to 

 the flags drink, and two teaspoonfnls (to a quart of watwi of 

 the chlorate of potash. This makers an excellent fever drink, 

 f Pen, - ,;--.- 1 , z ,- lU1 be got co take decoction f barley— 

 oarJ>vy-water, instead of plain cold water. Williams speaks 

 nighty- of toe good effects of the hyposulphite of soda, in doses 

 of from two to six grains. We have, not yet given it a trial, 

 so cannot speak from experience. It may be given insl 

 the fever mixture. 



ff there be persistent sickness and vomiting, the medicine 

 must be stopped for a time. Small boluses of ice frequently 

 administered will do much good, and doses of dilute prussic 

 acid, from one. to four drops iu a little water, will gene 

 arrest the vomiting. J 



If constipation be present we must use no rough remedies 

 to get rid of it. A little raw meat cut into small pieces- 

 minced, in fact— or a small portion of raw liver may be given 

 if there be little fever; if there be fever, wo are to trust for a 

 time to injections of plain soap-and-water. Diarrhoea, al- 

 though often a troublesome symptom, is, it must be remem- 

 bered, generally a salutary one. Unless, therefore, it becomes 

 excessive, do not interfere; if it does, give, the simple chalk 

 tnixture three times' a day, but no longer than is needful. It 

 is better that our whole plan of treatment should be gentle 

 and simple, and only harm can accrue from hastily rushing 

 from one. remedy to another. Injury to the dog is sure to re- 

 Suit from such a coiu-so. 



On the other hand, specifics had better be avoided. 



The discharge, from the mouth and nose is to be wiped away 

 with a soft rag, or, better still, some tow, which is afterwards 

 to be buried. The forehead, eyes, and nose, may be fomented 

 two or three times a day with moderately hot water with 

 great advantage. 



It is not judicious to wet long-haired dogs much, but short- 

 haired may have the chest and throat well fomented several 

 times a day, and well rubbed dry afterwards. Heat applied 

 to the chests of long-haired dogs "by means of a flat iron will 

 also effect good. 



Williams recommends hydrate, of chloral at night. Hydrate 

 of chloral, in our opinion, ought to be expunged from the 

 Pharmacopeia. Sometimes it may do good, but oftener evil, 

 because brain symptoms are apt" to follow its use, and also 

 great nervous prostration. 



THE COMPLICATIONS OP DISTEMPER. 



See under their proper headings. Some authorities make 

 different kinds of distemper, such as head or brain distemper, 

 nervous distemper, belly distemper, etc., etc. This classifica- 

 tion, however, is calculated to make the general reader lose 

 sight of the real symptoms and causes of the malady. 



There is only one form of distemper, and the lesions of other 

 organs are its complications. 



Supposing no very severe complication to have arisen, you 

 may begin, as soon as the fever abates and there is some show 

 of depression ; to give tonics. The following is an excellent 

 one; 



R Quinss. gr. W ad gr. iij. 



Pulv. rhel ..gr. ij. ad gr. x. 



Est. tarax gr. iij. ad gr. xx, 



Ft. bojua s M. 



(jive three times a day. 

 If there be much heat on the top of the head and brow, we 

 usually substitute this— 



R Bebeerin. sulph gr. j. ad gr. v. 



Eosae conf q. s. 



Ft. bolus. 



During convalescence good food, cod-liver oil, moderate 



exercise, fresh air, and protection from cold. These, with an 



occasional mild dose of castor-oil or rhubarb, are to be our 



sheet-anchors. 



Paralysis is sometimes present in, or comes on in, the latter 

 stages of distemper, and must be looked upon as a veiy bad 

 ominous sign, indicating, as it does, effusion about the spinal 

 cord, or congestion of the same. 



Paralysis of the tongue is likewise not uncommon, the 

 tongue lolling out to one side, and giving a veiy unsightly 

 appearance indeed. 



TREATMENT. 



In the paralysis of distemper, begin the treatment by giving 

 a mild purgative. Castor od and buckthorn will in this case 

 do as well as any other, three parts oil, two parts buckthorn 

 syrup, and one part poppy syrup. See that the medicine has 

 acted, if not it must be "repeated, but do not forget that the 

 dog is weak. Keep his strength well up, and begin the 

 administration of iodide of potassium and belladonna, as in 

 this prescription — 



It Potass.'iod .'.... .... gr. j. ad gr. v. 



Extr. belladonn. , .gr. 1-10 ad gr. ij. 



Extr. gentian gr. iij. ad gr. x. 



Ft bolus. M. 



Ter. die. 

 Continue this treatment for a week; if little improvement, 

 the dose is to be slightly increased, and cod-liver od given. 



Sometimes mix vomica may be used, but it is of doubtful 

 efficacy in this form of paralysis. 



Local applications are of n'o use, for the simple reason that 

 the muscles are not the seat of disorder. It is their misfor- 

 tune, not their fault. However, gentle friction or shampoo- 

 ing with the warm hand will go far to maintain the nutrition 

 of the limbs, and prevent ataxy or wasting. 



We must not forget to mention that a sort of convulsive 

 palsy is sometimes brought on by the incautious use of mer- 

 cury. Here the treatment is. the warm bath, good diet, and 

 small doses of iodide of potassium. 



Only in old-standing cases do we use nux vomica, and we 

 do not care to continue its use longer than three weeks with- 

 out intermission. G ive from % to 2 grains of the extract in a 

 pill, continuing its use with good food and other tonics. We 

 have seen paralysis produced by even a small dose of nux 

 vomica given in case of constipation. The animal had a 

 strange susceptibility to this drug on a previous occasion 

 while" under the treatment of a London vet., being attacked 

 in the same way from the same cause. The paralysis in both 

 instances was cured by an emetic. 



Remember that in all cases of paralysis the urine must be 

 attended to, and if the bladder is paralyzed the elastic 

 catheter must be used. 



Rest, good feed, beef tea. eggs, and sherry in bad cases, 

 and an occasional aperient if needed; and let the dog's bod be 



comfortable and dr 

 For reflex parah 



the castor oil and b 

 att, will gem ral y 1 

 half an ho h fore 



hydrocyanic acid, 

 nitrate of bistuiul 

 1 a red, if they ai 

 If paralysis com 

 opened, give tl 

 done after a w< 

 nux vomica, ca 

 and stimidat in; 

 blistering. In 

 tried. If the 

 puppies, after 1 

 cient in itself 

 and exercise. 



jt dry, as he may wet it. 



sis. — If from' constipation, a few doses of 



jckthorn mixture, as prescribed by You- 



emove it. If it is not retained, give about 



the next' dose from 1 to 3 drops of dilute 



aibbed up with 5 to 15 grains of the tris- 



See that the teeth are not loose or 



• thev must be extracted. 



inues after the bowels have been well 



D3 iodide of potassium; and if good has been 



: . r f; or 1 ■ ■■ 0, to complete the cure small doses of 



refully watching its effects. Hot fomentations 



■■liniments will also do good, and in odd eases 



some eases a Baton oyer the spine might bo 



to- has worms, they must be removed. In 



h^paralysis is gone, cod-liver oil wdl be suffi- 



1 restore tone' to the system, with good food 



is a very common sequence to distemper, especially if that 

 disease hag. been badly treated. 



PATHOLOGY". 



The profession are pot agreed as to what is the real cause of 

 this extraordinary disease. Post-mortem examinations have 

 sometimes revealed alterations in the brain or spinal cord, 

 but just as often they have revealed nothing unusual. Some 

 pathologists joucider H e, bloo.'i disease; ;t fflay be sc. but we 

 prefer including it among the diseases of the nervous system. 



SYMPTOMS, 



Either the whole or only a part of the body if affected, as 

 the neck or one leg, or both, or one side of the'body alone, ft 

 is merely a form of irregular palsy, and probably it ftepends 

 greatly upon a lowered condition of the vital force, with im- 

 poverished blood. The. movements of the. limbs consist in a 

 sort of twitching or shaking motion, easily increased by act- 

 ing on the dog's mind, either through fear or kindness. There 

 may be, and very often are, spasmodic twitehings of one side 

 of the face, or the whole head may shake up and down. 

 Sometimes, long after distemper is past and done with, and 

 the dog well and strong, and able to do a day's work, twiteh- 

 ings to a slight degree, will continue. 



TREATMENT. 



If our view of the pathology of the disease be. right, the 

 treatment must naturally resolve itself into trying in every 

 way to improve the general health. We must give nutritions 

 diet and milk. We must give the dog as much out-door 

 exercise, walking, running, or romping; as he can take. And 

 we may try the bucket bath every morning, only gently at 

 first lest we give too great a shock. " 



Nux vomica may also be tried; it sometimes does good. 

 Sulphate of iron and arsenic often does good, especially if 

 combined with cod-liver oil, in chronic cases, be it remem- 

 bered, and not for some time after distemper. The nitrate of 

 Silver pill (one-sixteenth to a half grain made inta a pill with 

 bread crumb and administered thrice a day) we. have occa- 

 sionally found serviceable. The bowels must be carefully 

 attended to, but purge as seldom as possible. The treatment 

 of this disease is, on the whole, far from satisfactory. 



CHOREA. 



Chorea, or St. Vitus's dance as it is more frequently called, 



PERTINENT REMARKS ABOUT DOGS. 



DO you not think that undue prominence is nowadays 

 given to the blood of dogs? That proper attention "to 

 the propagation of anything, whether animal or vegetable, 

 often results in improvement no obsei wing man can deny. 

 The peach, the pear, and various vegetables attest that. We 

 are told that the peach, as cultivated at the present day, 

 which is one of the most agreeable and healthful of fruits, 'is 

 a veiy different thing from the native specimens which were 

 found growing wild in Persia and, perhaps, some other 

 countries in Asia. Though natural and artificial hybridization, 

 the seckel, Bartlett, Ducnesse d'Angouleme and many others 

 are infinitely superior to the styptic pear from which they all 

 spring, found in various parts of Europe. And such is" the 

 case also with strawberries, raspberries, grapes and, indeed, 

 all varieties of fruit, so far as my knowledge, extends. But 

 the efforts in this direction are often carried to the extent of 

 so enervating the physical vigor of the plant, that the purpose 

 of reduction and cultivation is defeated. May it not be so 

 with dogs? Does not the attempt to perpetuatc'a certain color 

 often terminate in enfeebling the more essential qualities? 

 The highest type of a dog is his physical endurance. If he is 

 lacking in that, color, shape, carriage, nose are of no value 

 at all What I f ear is, that the rage for certain points may 

 end in the destruction' of the most essential particular— con- 

 stitution. Did we not have some remarkably fine dogs before R. 

 LI. Purcell-Llewellin was ever heard of? Were they not quite 

 as good as Laveracks, blue beltons and all the other "double 

 struck in the weaving" canines which command a larger price 

 than the best Arabian horse? Why cannot the dogs called 

 "natives," by proper training, be.made to do as much work, 

 and as genteel work, as the blood of Wales and Ireland? 



I once had a dog whose appearance was not so "lovely as 

 is the light of a dark eye in woman" — he was, in truth, entirely 

 bereft of all personal pulchritude — who could find as many 

 birds in a day and set them as staunchly as any of the Lle- 

 wellin or Laverack stock, and continue his work with vigor 

 for five or six days. So far as I know, ho. never had a grand- 

 father. If he did, (of course he did) he was of the commonest 

 peasantry, a mere vi] lain. A II he needed to make him one of the 

 very best was care fid handling. Accompanied with that sine 

 qua non of education — a free use of the whip — he would range 

 too far, and was quite independent of any suggestion as to the 

 propriety of circumscribing his movements. He would not 

 retrieve and no power on earth could make him flush a bird. 

 Such was Cudgo, for that was and is his unpretentious name. 

 Why, from all 1 heard, many of the red Irish and other liigh 

 bloo'ds will do no better. Besides this, Cudgo could sneak in- 

 to the house and enjoy the comforts of a soft bed, besides 

 filling the premises as' full of fleas as any dog I every heard of. 

 These two weaknesses brought about a separation between us, 

 fori have no affection for the bite of a flea, aud prefer to 

 sleep upon a bed which has not been pre-occupied bv a dog - . 



Prom the number of entries for exhibition at what are called 

 bench shows— why so called, I am at a loss to understand— 

 and from the advertisements of kennel keepers, the stock of 

 blue bloods must be veiy large in this country. To what 



Eractical use willall of thernbe put? Are they inteuded for 

 unting, or are they to be regarded as mere fancy stock, 

 capable, perhaps, of doing something if opportunity offers? 

 There are ten bird dogs in this State where there was one 

 twenty years ago, and if the numbers increase, as the indi- 

 cations are, there will be no room for their being used on 

 game. There will not be enough of that left, after the next 

 decade, for what is called a "field trial." Or are they ex- 

 pected to be simply companions for their owners? At "best, 

 the dog and gun are expensive amusements; and if economy 

 alone is considered, there would doubtless be financial reasons 

 for the social adaptation. There is no direct profit accruing 

 ■when a man invests six to eight hundred dollars in getting 

 ready to amuse himself with game. When gun. dog and am- 

 munition are gifts, and no expense is undergone 'for board or 

 transportation, the income in money would not buy a dog 

 whistle. But, there are other considerations which far over' 

 ride all this, and make me an advocate for the investment. 

 Not for an extravagant outfit, but a sensible one, where the 

 Utile controls the tinier. No gun was ever made really worth 

 more, than Si 00, though a maker, who is patronized" bv the 

 Prince of Wales, the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Derby," etc., 

 often gets many pounds sterling simply because of this fact. 

 No dog is, or can "bo. worth the ridiculous price, often asked 

 and obtained from persons who do not appreciate the legiti- 



mate value of. money. 



I see that some of yo 

 plainness and show of 1 



ise rules which < ' 



complaint 



points which adogshouk 



his comparative rank, and it is far froi 



fully possessed of all the qualifications neci 

 discliarging of the duties imposed'. If the; 

 of that man in Kentucky (?) who sat. or StC 

 the characteristics of a little 3 aller dog wh 

 him for his opinion, I t h i nk evervbodv 

 a they? 



espondents criticise yvith much 

 the alleged arbitrary and un- 

 file bench shows, Whether th 



sd by the few 



ble to deb 

 standard as to the 

 to entitle him to 

 ing the fact that all 



on 



ot.h 



are 



?saiy to the proper 

 were the equals 



)d in judgment on 

 was brought to 



vould be satisfied 

 With the decisions. But are they? It may be well, however, 

 tp inquire whether yw have ever heard ov that judgment, 

 for it is impossible t'or any one to answer unless he knows 

 what the qualifications were. Well, then, this is the story, as 

 related to mo by Hon. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky; 



Near a little town in that State, there lived a sporting in- 

 dividual named Barnabas Pinkston, who above all things, 

 prided himself upon bis knowledge of caninology. His f acid- 

 ties in that hue were so well known and conceded that his 

 opinion in regard to the points of dogs was often sought by 

 persons who either had an animal that they wished to keep 

 or knew of one they wished to buy. One cool, crisp October 

 morning Barnabas had been on a successful fox hunt, and I 

 thinking so fortunate a man was entitled to a drink, he wenf 

 into the town and "quenched his raging thirst" at the expanse: 

 of a half -dime. After doing so, he went out. to bask in the 

 genial sunshine until he should again get "dry." Surrounded 

 by his boon companions, he was" narrating the incidents of 

 the morning's chase, and told, with prolix particularity, of 

 the peculiar movements of each dog in the pack. Whilst thus 

 engaged, atow-headerl boy approached, leading a small yellow- 

 dog by a cotton string, and, without cerenionv, said: 



"Uncle Barnabas, daddy sent me hero, with this here dog, 

 to git your jedgment upon him'" 



"Wait a while, my son; I'm talking to these here gentle- 

 men, and when I gets done a-talking to them, I'll look at your 

 dog." And then he resumed the thread, or rather tied the 

 thread of his discourse, which the urchin had broken, and 

 spun away for some time, whilst the offending but innocent 

 boy stood respectfully, enjoying the hum of wisdom which 

 caine from his exhau'stless lingual spindle. After his theme 

 was ended, he turned to the boy and said: 



"And your daddy sent you here with that thar dog to git 

 my jedgmenf 'pon him, did he?" 



"Tes," sir." 



"And litis yer daddy spent his 'pinion upon that thar dog, 

 my son?" 



'"Yes, sir." 



"Well, what was his jedgwnf, ?" 



"He says he thinks that maybe he mought git to be a tol'bul 

 good dog arter a while." 



"Well, now gentlemen, I'm a gwine look at that boy's dog 

 thar, and I jest want you to obsarve rue, gentlexien, for you'll 

 lam something. Now watch, gentle:**!, for I tell you that 

 what I don't" know 'bout dogs ain't worth knowing, and 

 there ain't nary man in Ivaintuck that knows half as much 

 'bout dogs as I do. That's a sartin f ack, gentlemen. My son, 

 jest ketch hold of that thar dog and lif him up often the 

 ground. Gentlemen, you'll never know nothing 'bout dogs as 

 long as their feet is a techin' the yeth. A leetle. higher, my 

 son, his bind foot's a scrapin'. That'll do; let him down. Now, 

 gentlemen, jest look at that thar dog. His jewclaws comes out 

 a leetle too near the grouud, aud he's as cat-hammed as thun- 

 der, His eyes issot a leetle too close together, his cars is sot a lee- 

 tle too far back, and his nose it's too short to retch into the yeth 

 a'ter -varmints.' He's too narrer in the chist. he's too weak in 

 the lines, and he's too short in the bar'l. And jest look at that 

 thar tail o' his'n. It swings over his back bke the broken rim. 

 of a wheel, and the tip eend of his nose sticks out just like the 

 blossom eend of a tomatter, The fact of the business is that 

 thar dog thar is jest naterally no 'count no how. Now, my 

 son, tell your dad that that's my jedgwa?," 



Who will doubt the thorough "qualifications of this adept, to 

 speak an ex cathedra opinion upon this subject? But I trust 

 that those gentlemen who are charged with the delicate duty 

 of determi nin g upon the characteristics of the blooded dogs 

 who are exhibited at the shows, far surpass the erudite Ken- 

 tuckian in all things except his self-exaltation. Let them and 

 dog breeders unite in the effort to improve the valuable 

 qualities of dogs. Appearance is well enough in its place, but 

 a sportsman ought to want a dog which can work a great 

 deal without breaking down, one which can range fields" day 

 after day if need be, and find all the. game they contain. 

 Splendid carriage is veiy desirable, but give me a dog which 

 has the constitutional vigor to go, whatever may be the style 

 of his movement. Good appearance is to be esteemed, but- 

 above all things let a dog have muscle, nose, breath and 

 speed, if he is not only not "a thing of beauty," but as ugly as 

 a toad. We need no parlor or lawn ornaments, but such dogs 

 of work as Gelert, canonized by William Robert Spencer, who 

 described him as — 



"The flower of all his race, 



So true, so brave, a lamb at home, 



A lion in the chase. 



'Twos only at Llewellyn's board 



The faithful Gelert fed, 



He watched, he served, he cheered his lord, 



And sentineled his bod," 



Now this was not the Llewellin, I take it, who has identified 

 his name with a certain or uncertain breed of dogs. Perhaps 

 he was his uncle or some faraway kinsman. But if It. LI. 

 Pnreeli L. can even with his best, not his "culls," equal Mm of 

 the poem, then thev are worthy of all commendation. 



' Wells. 



THE CLEVELAND BENCH SHOW. 



I^HE premium list of the Cleveland Bench Show to be held 

 nd '-), indicates that every effort has been 

 arge representation of dogs, and hence a 

 owners. There are 103 regular classes be- 

 of which there will probably be a large 

 of the express companies have agreed to 

 rse dogs that have been shipped over their 

 The arrangements under the charge of 

 ■ doubt-be all that could be desired. Thereare 

 >n English setter dogs and bitches ($20 each), 

 ere.]- dogs and bitches that have won one 

 i), for English setter dogs and bitches other 

 S - v I and £ 10) , and for En glish setter dogs 

 c Laverack pedigree. The prizes for the 

 nd, and 

 and for 



1. ,Ti 



ne 6, 7, B 1 



made t 



i [dance ■ 



sides tl 

 nurnbei 



. - ■■• 'I' ' 



return 



free of eh; 



hues to 



the show. 



Mr. Lii 





classes 





and for 





first pn 





than \>- 





setters 





for the 





thC --.p : 



ses silver 



iri ;e ! 



t foots up 



officers 



of the & 





iels $10 and Jit 



; for the spa 



d a sdver medal. For the non-sport- 

 ials will be awarded in the champion 

 ud medals in the open classes. The whole 

 ut $1,300 cash, besides the medal-. Hie 

 •iation arc: President, L. G. Hamer; 

 Vice President, . I. T. Wamebnt; Treasurer, A. E. Sterling: 

 Secretary, C. M. Munhall. Application for premium lists, 

 entry blanks Or information, should be made to the. last-named 

 gentleman, Euclid Avenue Opera House, Cleveland, Uhio. 



ANENT MCGRATH.— Chicago, April?..— mitnr Forest and 

 Stream: Please correct your fist of awards— "Class 21— lid. L. 



0. P. Lotz, Chicago, Doubleshot." I had no dOgS at the show, 

 and there was no third prize. Doubleshot would have taken 



1 . 1 1 as he is the grandest dog in America. Please explain: 

 How can •'Master MeGrath be the sire of Dawson's Spring, 

 Class 20, 5 years old, when Master MeGrath died in I ',11 



i ■:■!■- -:' the worst kind.— L, C. P. Lotz. [The error 

 in giving Doubleshot a place was a palpable mistake. The 

 conundrum that Mr. Lotz propounds is entirely tnsolvable, 

 but we tail to see where the outrage comes in, as MeGrath is 

 : ot was a few months ago, and is undoubtedly the 

 sire of Spring. We shoidd perhaps state that MeGrath is not 

 rated Master MeGrath, only a nephew of his. In 

 view of this fact, our esteemed coiTCspondent will doubtless 

 agree with us that all men are human and liable to err.] 



THE RICHMOND "WHIG" says of "Training vs. Breaking:" 

 "The system here inculcated is a humane one, approved by 

 experience as an effective mode to develop the full capacity 

 of any dog of good breed." 



