THE DISTEMPER 
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. Calomel , • i grain. 
Nitre . .4 grains, 
Cream of tartar . 10 grains, 
James’s powder •. . 2 grains, 
to be made into a ball with lintseed-meal and treacle, and 
put down the animal’s throat. To be repeated every morn¬ 
ing, and, if the complaint is severe, each evening likewise. 
The above is for an ordinary-sized dog, and is rather too 
much for a small one; but for a large animal it must be 
increased. 
If the calomel sickens the dog, the following preparation 
may be given instead of the above :— 
Emetic tartar . . . ^ grain, 
Nitre . . . .3 grains, 
Powdered foxglove . . \ grain ; 
prepared as a ball, with the lintseed-meal and treacle. 
THE DISTEMPER. 
This universal and fatal disorder made its first appear¬ 
ance amongst the dogs of Great Britain upwards of eighty 
years ago, at which period its ravages were widely diffused 
over the country. At that time about seven out of 
every ten fell victims to its malignity. The virulence of 
this disease and its baneful effects have now, however, 
greatly abated, either from the preventive remedies which 
are had recourse to at its commencement, or from the opera¬ 
tion of certain medicines applied in the actual progress of 
the disease. I, however, find that this malady has been 
known for a much longer time on the Continent than in this 
country. It is as infectious among dogs as the small-pox, 
measles, and scarlet-fever among the human species ; and 
the contagious miasmata, like those arising from the dis¬ 
eases just mentioned, retain their destructive properties a 
