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fire, for several hours afterward. Give nourishing food, and keep 
quiet. 
If chorea or ‘paralysis follow distemper, use the seton as 
above, stimulate the spine by rubbing the whole course of it 
with tincture of cantharides, and as a tonic 
ty. Nitrate of silver, very fine, 3 grs. Carbonate of iron, powdered, 2 drs. 
Gentian, powdered, 3 drs. 
Conserve of roses sufficient to make six, nine, or twelve balls, of 
which give one every night and morning, if the stomach will 
bear them. 
Frictions, liberal feeding, strong soups, and cold baths, may 
aid in this stage of the disorder. 
These directions are abridged from Blaine and Youatt, and 
contain, I believe, the best remedial course that can be used. 
For the disease under its ordinary type, the practice above 
detailed will be found all-sufficient, and even when diarrhoea 
sets in, there is no occasion to despair. 
I must say, however, that although I have thought it advisa¬ 
ble to insert formulae for the treatment of the epileptic fits, and 
of the chorea or paralysis of distemper, I have never seen the 
fits conquered where two or three have occurred, and the chorea 
never. 
When paralysis or chorea follows, I would myself kill the ani¬ 
mal as an act of mercy. For the putrid or malignant type of 
this disease, I have not thought it worth the while to prescribe 
any treatment, as it is all but incurable. 
WORMS. 
For worms, an ailment to which dogs are extremely liable, 
and which is very troublesome, and at times, even dangerous, 
the following formula is safe and unexceptionable. 
ty. Cowhage —Dolichos pruriens, half a drachm. 
Tin-filings, very fine, 4 drachms. 
made into four, six, or eight balls, with lard, according to the size 
of the patient, exhibit one every morning, and afterwards ad¬ 
minister a purgative, such as epsom salts, or castor oil, or a 
