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follows: great dullness with loss of appetite, followed in a day or two by a 
husky cough, especially showing itself after exercise; a sneezing is now noticed, 
strength and flesh rapidly diminish, the stools arc inky and offensive, the urine 
becomes very high colored, and the membranes of the eyes and sometimes the 
whites are greatly inflamed. Some cases of distemper seem to be confined prin- 
cipally to the head, another to the chest, and the third the bowels. When the 
brain is attacked the eyes are more injected than when the bowels or the lungs 
are affected. The nose and eyes show increased mucous discharge as the disease 
progresses. These are the general symptoms which intensify to the third* 
fourth or fifth week, when the dog dies from disease of the brain, lungs, 
bowels or exhaustion. When the head is attacked there may or not be a run- 
ning from the nose. A fit is most always the surest sign of brain trouble, and 
when this takes place more than twice, the distemper generally proves fatal, or 
the animal is ever afterwards affected with chorea, or the jerks. If the lungs 
be involved there is rapid breathing, cough, and profuse running from the eyes 
and nose. If this runs into inflammation of the lungs the danger is as great 
as if the head was affected. The bowels are sometimes seized and show by 
black purgings that these organs are involved, very often in this stage dis- 
charges of blood quickly carry a dog off. The best general treatment for dis- 
temper is as follows. At the commencement of the attack. 
Syrup of buckthorn 2 ounces. 
Syrup of poppy 1 ounce. 
A tablespoonful once or twice at intervals of two days. A seton placed in 
the back of the neck, covering the tape with blistering ointment, will relieve 
the head if it appears to be affected. And a fever mixture as follows ; 
Nitre 1 drachm. 
Spts. of nitre 3 drachms. 
Midererus spirit 1 ounce. 
Camphor mixture 6J ounces. 
Two tablespoonfuls every six hours. 
If the lungs are severely attacked, a powder must be put upon the dog’s 
tongue every night and morning of 
Nitre in powder 3 to 5 grains. 
Tartar emetic f grain. 
And a cough bolus of 
Ipecacuanha in powder j to 1 j grains. 
Powdered rhubarb I to 2 grains. 
Purified opium J to 1} grains. 
Compound squill pill 1 to 2 grains. 
