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^elly: it might lead to some wholesale amendments in our pre¬ 
sent practice, a consideration, perhaps, that ought to determine 
ne to do it yet: in the mean time, should any one else furnish a 
’ase of the kind, it will prove very acceptable to the authoi of this 
3aper. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DISTEMPER OF DOGS. 
By W. Youatt. 
rHE following cases, and which will be succeeded by others relat- 
no- to this and various complaints, are selected from the practice 
)f a very short period, as displaying some ot the varieties of this 
singular and fatal disease, and shewing that the maladies of quad¬ 
rupeds are far more complex, and present many more difficulties 
m their treatment, than some persons have imagined and taught. 
Distemper combined with Spasmodic Affection. 
1828. Aug. 19. Terrier ten months old; very thin ; weak ; 
purges much; faeces of a light olive colour; a peculiaily wild, 
anxious countenance ; twitchings ot the muscles of the cheeks 
and eye-lids. Give castor-oil six drachms; insert a seton in the 
poll. 
20 th. Commence a course of astringents. 
Take of Prepared chalk, one pound, 
Powdered catechu, eight ounces, 
Powdered ginger, two ounces, 
Powdered opium, two drachms. 
Make into a mass with palm oil; and divide into balls from half 
a drachm to two drachms, according to the size of the dog. 
2 2d. Purging beginning to lessen ; twitchings less ; the dog 
sleeps nearly all day, and will not eat. Give a tonic ball in the 
morning. 
Take of Pow dered gentian, one pound, 
Powdered chamomile flowers, half pound, 
Powdered ginger, four ounces, 
Powdered carbonate of iron, four ounces. 
Beat into a mass with palm oil, and divide as before; and an 
astringent ball at night. 
24 th. Purging stopped; and the dog eats a little. Ionics 
morning and night. From this time he improved in appetite, 
flesh, and strength. On the 28th the seton was withdrawn, and 
on September the 1st he was dismissed well. 
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