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MANUAL OP MODERN FARRIERY. 
For a half-grown pointer, or other young dog :— 
Jalap, in powder . 20 grains, 
Calomel ... 4 grains, 
made into a ball with treacle. 
For a full-grown pointer, or other large dog :— 
Jalap, in powder . 25 grains, 
Calomel ... 7 grains, 
mixed as a Dove ; and one of the doses given every second 
morning, mixed with a little butter; and if the dog will not 
take it in this form, it must be made into a small ball, and 
forced down his throat. The food should always be light, 
and easy of digestion. 
I was favoured with the following receipt from a friend, 
who has had a great deal of experience in the rearing of 
dogs, for upwards of twenty-five years. He says it has al¬ 
ways proved a most effectual remedy, in all cases in which 
he has applied it:— 
Calomel . 1 drachm, 
Tartar emetic . 20 grains, 
Jalap ... 1 drachm, 
Gamboge ... 1 drachm; 
to be made into six balls, with conserve of roses, and one to 
be given every morning, for a week. 
Care should be taken to support the strength of the ani¬ 
mal by light, nourishing diet, after the inflammatory stage is 
over, and the discharge from the nostrils fully established. 
Various authors recommend the too general use of emetics 
in the distemper, which, I conceive, must frequently be 
attended with evil consequences, as they are, for the most 
part, inadmissible in inflammatory diseases. 
As the distemper is infectious, those dogs labouring under 
