DISTEMPER OF DOGS. 
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Sept. 4 th. The balls have no effect. Castor oil half an ounce, 
and then return to the astringents. 
6th. Looseness diminishing. Ball of equal parts of tonic and 
fever mass in the morning; astringent at night. 
8th. Looseness gone, but the dog is gradually losing flesh and 
strength, and the eyes continue to be inflamed. Seton in the 
poll; the vinous tincture of opium applied to the eye with a 
camel-hair brush. Ball of tonic andffever mass morning and night. 
1 2th. The dog is slowly amending; the eyes are brighter, and 
the appetite improved. Continue the balls. Tonics given a few 
days afterwards ; but it was not until October the 3d that it could 
be dismissed from the infirmary. 
Ulceration of the Cornea , Diarrhoea , and Spasm. 
1828. Aug. 12. Terrier eight months old; dull ; husks much, 
and gets thin. Emetic y fever ball morning and night. Not 
brought again until the 
21st. Husking removed, but purges violently, and a film is 
spreading over the eyes. Astringents morning and night; cold 
ablution, and goulard lotion to the eyes. 
28th. Purging ceased, but husks as much as ever; scarcely 
eats ; gets thin, and on the centre of the cornea of both eyes 
is a superficial ulcer. Emetic ; ball of tonic and fever mass 
morning and night; and lotion for the eyes, composed of six 
grains of superacetate of lead, and an equal quantity of sulphate 
of zinc, in four ounces of water. Seton. 
Sept. 3. Less husking ; eats better; one eye healing; the 
other sadly ulcerated, with fungous granulations. Carefully touch¬ 
ed them with lunar caustic. Lotion as before to both eyes. Balls 
continued. 
1 1th. Gets flesh. One eye well, the other much improved. 
Husking returned. Emetic every third morning; removed seton. 
26th. Did not see him again until to-day. Fatter. Scarcely a 
trace of disease in either eye. Spasmodic twitchings of the near 
fore arm and shoulder. Replaced seton. A tonic ball morning and 
night. . _ 
30 th. The twitchings have considerably increased, and afiect 
the neck. Stimulate seton with turpentine, and give the eighth 
part of a grain of lunar caustic, three times every day, made into 
a pill with powdered gum and syrup. 
Oct. 9. The slightest possible affection of the muscles of the 
neck remaining: remove seton, and omit medicine. 
Injlanimation oj the Tnings. 
An". 23c/. Italian Greyhound, two years old, 
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