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BENJ. MG INNES. 
Gentlemen. —During the past year no epizootic nor enzootic 
attacks of disease have appeared in this city or the near surround¬ 
ing except that of canine distemper, which commenced here about 
the early part of summer and has been very fatal. One of the 
most notable features about the disease was the almost entire ab¬ 
sence of cough. The other symptoms of profuse catanh from 
nose and eyes, impaired appetite and labored breathing, were 
always present. Cases when brought for treatment as soon as 
discovered sick were convalescent in about ten days ; those brought 
after the disease had gone on for some days I could not relieve, 
the case usually ending in cerebro-spinal meningitis ; this first 
appearing by a slight weakness in the hind legs, gradually moving 
up towards the fore limbs. Then the dog would lie down, unable 
to rise. Next I noticed the head paralyzed. In this condition 
they would lie for several days, giving expression to pain by a 
continuous whine, which was kept up until death. The difference 
I noticed between this termination and chorea was the entire ab¬ 
sence of the twitching of the muscles. I tried setons in back of 
head, stimulative embrocations to spine, also cold water douches 
to spine; gave mix vomica, ergot, arsenic, and many other drugs 
with little or no effect. 
In the catarrhal form I found the following prescription very 
good:— 
1^: Quinine sulph. 31- 
Aloes bark pulv. .. 3 ij. 
Camph. pulv. 3 h 
Ammon, carb. 3 ij- 
M. ft. pil. xxxii. 
S .—1 pill every two hours ; good nursing, with milk and beef 
essence; diet must be rigidly kept up. 
I have had my usual number of cases of tetanus, most of them 
being caused by nails in the feet. I find from Sept. 1, 1884, to 
date, I have had twenty cases. Eleven have died ; nine have re¬ 
covered. Have had a few cases of rabies in dogs, both mad and 
dumb. I have noticed in our newspaper that hog cholera has 
prevailed to some extent in the country parts of South Carolina, 
but was not called to see any cases. 
