450 
REPORTS OF OASES. 
being filthy, but discharging a mean-smelling fluid. This 
latter trouble was auricular catarrh. The treatment adopted 
was as follows. For the constipation ; 
Olei Ricini, 3 i* 
Syr. Rhami Cathart, § ss. 
M. 
For the auricular catarrh, a ten per cent, solution of per¬ 
oxide of hydrogen was sprayed into the ears after they had 
been thoroughly cleansed. 
For the rachitis, careful nursing with phosphates. In due 
time the cathartic acted and the catarrh gradually succumbed 
to the treatment, but his general condition remained the same. 
We then gave him raw meat with bone dust sprinkled over 
it. Of this he ate at first sparingly, but in a short time began 
to like it, and in this way we coaxed back his appetite. He 
began to move with greater ease and his coat began to look 
glossy and lay flat. He kept on improving until he had been 
here ten days, when a change was observed. He lost his 
appetite, began sneezing and coughing, his eyes and nose 
began discharging, the mucus membranes were congested, 
became very weak, respiration became hurried and pulse 
very rapid 5 his temperature was 102° F. Besides this, 
there was the characteristic odor of distemper, which proved 
to be the cause of this sudden change. He was immediately 
put under quinine and alcohol, together with careful nursing. 
He seemed to fail for four or five days and then we gave him 
a tea made of milk, concentrated beef and gluten. This had 
been given only a short time when an improvement in the 
appetite was observed. Then as soon as he began eating an 
improvement in his general condition was obvious. His tem¬ 
perature dropped, pulse and respiration became less frequent, 
and the discharge gradually ceased, and in a short time he 
was, as we thought, out of danger. 
The glary condition of the eyes passed away, and he rapid¬ 
ly gained flesh and strength. The fact of his doing so well 
made us think of sending him home, and we had even gone 
so far as to inform his owner of his condition, telling him that 
he should call for him, when on the morning of the 28th he 
