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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Administered every night and morning. If diarrhoea shows itself check 9 
With 
Prepared chalk 2 to 3 drachms. 
Aromatic confection 1 drachm. 
Laudanum 3 to 8 drachms. 
Powdered gum arabic 2 drachms. 
Water 7 ounces. 
Two tablespoonfuls every time bowels are refaxed. 
For a diet, beef tea thickened with rice can be given, and for a time when 
the dog shows gre^t exhaustion, a mixture of tincture of bark 2 ounces, 
decoction of yellow bark 14 ounces, a tablespoonful 3 times a day to a large 
dog, should be administered ; especially at the time of exhaustion should good 
strong beef tea with the white of an egg broken into it while it is lukewarm, 
be given by spoon every two or three hours. And if the animal will not 
swallow it, his head should be held up and he should be forced to. If this trouble- 
some plan of feeding is attended to, many a valuable dog can be saved to his 
owner. As strength gradually returns the diet can be made stronger, with care 
followed to allow no exercise until a gain is well established, and strength 
greatly restored for fear of a relapse. The kennel during distemper should be 
dry and moderately warm, and in a position where the dog will not be exposed 
to draughts of air. Finely bred, animals suffer the greatest, especially those 
that are much in and in bred, when the malady many times attacks the brain, 
which is the most dangerous seat of the disease. Fit after fit takes place and 
the dog is carried off by them. Same seasons distemper appears to be 
epidemic and is more severe and fatal in its effects, and scarcely a dog in 
certain sections escape. Dogshows are a great means for spreading the 
disease, and it is advisable not to enter an animal until he has had the disease. 
Distemper can be had twice, but it is seldom a dog is attacked more than 
once. 
TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH. 
Inflammation of the stomach or gastritis is brought about by improper food, : 
foreign substance in the stomach or poison. When a dog is suffering from 
(this complaint he makes frequent and violent efforts to vomit, and has great 
thirst, dry and hot nose and quick respiration, and will ofttimes lie on the 
floor, or pavement, or ground with his belly in contact with it as if to allay 
the pain. Give 
Calomel 1 grain. 
Opium 1 grain. 
In pill every three hours. 
And feed if he will take it with light soup and gruel. Gastritis and dyspepsia 
are much alike and may be treated the same. Continue easily digested food in 
dyspepsia ; the peculiar posture described is not noticed in the latter com- 
plaint. 
