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•use m addition to the collyrium above mentioned, dry oxide of 
zinc, dusted upon the ulcers, being sure to have the powder free 
from grit and ground very fine. Our method is first to use the 
collyrium and then the powder. In some cases we have had 
good results from the use of honey in addition to the other 
remedies, applying two drops in the eye morning and evening. 
When the cornea has ruptured and the aqueous humor run out, 
granulations frequently spring out from the seat of the ulcer 
which have been called staphyloma. It is often necessary to re¬ 
move these with the knife as they are exquisitely tender and 
cause the animal great pain and discomfort. Shoemaker’s wax 
upon the nose is not to be despised, but we have found better 
results from fumigations of tar which seem to exercise a de¬ 
cidedly beneficial action upon the disease, especially upon the 
bronchial complications. Care must be taken, however, not to 
make the fumes too dense, as in this case they prove too irritat¬ 
ing- 
We find quinine to be indispensable in the treatment of dis¬ 
temper. In pneumonia we combine it with muriate of am¬ 
monia, giving from one to three grains of each in capsules, ac¬ 
cording to the size of the dog, three to four times daily. We 
also employ it in the intestinal complications combined with 
subnitrate of bismuth. We have had good results in pneumonia, 
especially in cold weather, from the use of a jacket stuffed with 
eotton-batting sewed around the chest and neck, placed on early 
m the attack, and left on until some time after convalescence. 
[n ba d cases of pneumonia we have used to ¥ V of a grain of 
strychnia as a respiratory stimulant with good results. We also 
live milk punches frequently in small amounts, alternating with 
)eef tea when the animal grows tired of them. In gastritis and 
n mild forms of diarrhoea we have found salol and subnitrate 
)f bismuth to be a good combination. In cases of persistent 
’omition we give half-drop doses of carbolic acid and iodine 
‘very hour and small doses of egg albumen given frequently 
ilternated with milk and lime water. In bad cases of diarrhoea, 
vhen the discharges are tinged with blood, and in dysentery' 
