494 THE DISTEMPER OF DOGS, AS SEEN IN INDIA. 
in a very hopeless condition. Being anxious to save the life of a 
sagacious and faithful creature, I inspected poor Rover, and 
found him suffering under the lank distemper, with an ulcer 
extending over the whole upper jaw, exposing the cartilages of 
the ear, and threatening the eye : it was about J of an inch deep, 
in a horrid sloughing state, with maggots. I even had some 
suspicion that the brain was not untouched. Before I tried 
any remedy, I referred to Mr. Blaine’s famous work on canine 
pathology, and found the treatment for lank distemper, but 
nothing which would serve the desperate condition of the ulcer. 
In the lank, canine distemper, the object of the veterinary surgeon 
is, first to remove visceral obstruction, for which Mr. Blaine 
mentions remedies : these I did not think would answer Rover’s 
case, and therefore made trial of the sol. chlo. sodse in aq. cinna- 
mon, 30 drops of the former to an 3 of the latter, ter in die, ol. 
ricini jss, ordering the ulcer to be washed with brandy and 
water, and covered with cloth dipped in tinct. myrrh. 
Sept. 2d. — The oil has operated freely ; he has taken the 
soda draught once in the evening; the dog is not so dull. 
The ulcer is cleaner, but there is still considerable sloughing. I 
directed the application of chalk and charcoal in fine powder ; to 
continue tinct. myrrh ; and the diet, a little meat boiled in rice. 
3 d . — The ulcer is clean ; the extent of the disease is now 
exposed. Tongue of a lead colour, indicating an accession of 
disease ; nose dry — a bad symptom in dogs, according to Mr. 
Blaine. Another dose ol. ricini was given, and the soda draught 
continued ; the edges of the ulcer touched with nitras argenti : it 
was impossible to keep on any plasters on account of the struggling. 
4 th . — Rover is more cheerful : treatment continued ; omit the 
tinct. myrrh, and dash salt water cold upon the ulcer, which is 
indolent. 
6th. — The dog is thinner, and somewhat weaker: omit aq. 
cinnamon and sol. chlo. sodse ; tongue dirty ; nose more moist ; 
ulcer indolent. RPulv.jalap.gr. xv, potass, supertar. gr. xxx, 
aq. menth. pip. q.s. M. ft. haust. stat. sumend. 
7th. — Improvement: there seems healthy action in the ulcer; 
dash with salt water. Diet the same ; more in quantity. 
8 th. — Much the same. R Pulvis. cinchon. lancy, 3jss., aq. 
fon. q.s. x. M. ft. haust., stat. sumend. 
With this treatment, and now and then a purgative, he has 
quite recovered. Yours, 
Sulkea, February, 1836. J. G. 
[There was nothing of distemper, lank or common, in this case. 
The cheek had probably become ulcerated from neglected can- 
ker within the ear. — Y.] 
