The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

all over the blanket. This drives the oi | in and benefits quicker.
 1 If the animal shows signs of suffoca | ton, give 15 to 30 drops of ipecac in { little warm water. This will cause vomit 1 ing and relief. When your dog is in thi! low state. if you wish to save it, worl with the dumb animal like you would c human; if you don't want to save it have it chloroformed.
 Raw eggs broken down the dogs throa 1 Is strengthening after the animal hal passed the crisis. Also beef tea admins tered by a spoon is good Give an oc | casional dose of the liquid peptinoid dur 1 ing the day. Brandy and water is also strengthening. Later when the anima appears brighter offer ground raw, lear meat (fresh); also cooked liver; in foot anything it wants. Let it have plenty o1 fresh air, but keep out of draughts. Inoculation with distemper virus is prac ticed with success. There are various tox- ins on the market used with success. But if these are not administered previous to the attack of dstemper, they are ab- solutely worthless; they are proven tive. I have seen these injections giver ' "a le the animal had combination ot distemper and pneumonia and in a short time have hemorrhage and die. Thus the proverb that Prevention is better than cure" holds good in treatment of the
 
 dog also.
 Sometimes jaundice Cor yellows) appears with distemper. The eyes have yellow tinge; also the inside of the thighs, fore arms and ears; pains appear over the region of the liver; the faeces becomes pale and hard, or soft and greenish, min gled with mucus. The urine Is hot and highly colored. A small dose of calomel is beneficial.
 A mustard poultice applied over the liver in severe cases affords some relief; this is especially good also at the first signs. But in these complicated cases where local treatment does not relieve, the services of trained veterinarian is advisable.
 In other cases dropsy appears in many older dogs and affects the animal, gen orally swelling on the belly first. It is won- derful the quantity of fluid which the ab- domen at times contains. When this fatal disease appears the animal loses spirit, its face shows distress; the lips, tongue and gums become pale, the muscles become flaccid, breathing hurried on the least ex- citement; the joints become weak, the lower limbs become swollen and the fluid Is effused among the muscles and an unhealthy appearance of the cutaneous surface. Tapping does no good, as not one dog in 50 survives the operation.
 As the disease progresses the nose be- comes dry, the animal drinks much water; becomes constipated, scanty urine, feeble pulse. As the accumulation in- creases the breathing becomes very diff ffcult. and the animal, to avoid suffoca- tion by pressure of the fluid upon the air space and heart, will assume a sitting position for hours. But finally the time arrives for your old friend to leave you, and that day, with tears in your eyes, there is silent, last sad rites, and old Rover is laid to rest.
 Two years ago my old English Bull Ter Tier, Ruby, actually died in a sitting posture, leaning against the side of her kennel. She was 16 years old. tried all so-called cures without any beneficial re- suits: some suggested chloroform, but who would administer it? Not l. after she guarded the family for 16 years. She just died and now have her skull as an orn- ament showing the two teeth which were broken off one night when she had ne gro intruder by the throat. He finally beat her head with piece of pipe until she dropped off unconscious.