"In summing up this disease and arriving at a proper treatment we must be mindful of the fact that all the symptoms of the disease are the direct results of a morbid virus existing in the system, and that the course it runs, although indefinite, is nevertheless certain, and the aim should be directed not only at the disease, but at sustaining the system so as to enable it to withstand the debilitating effects of the virus and the febrile condition it gives rise to. The promiscuous administrations of exhausting and dangerous medicines, such as many dog owners and veterinarians are to indulge in, cannot be too highly condemned.

"Warm quarters, good care and nursing are the prime factors in the successful treatment of this disease. Judicious medical treatment is of unquestionable service in holding 'the disease in check, alleviating alarming symptoms, preventing destructive complication and hastening convalescence. But no matter how skillfully applied it will be without avail if the nursing and attendance are neglected, whereas, many dogs, properly cared for, make nice recoveries without medical assistance. Place the patient in warm, comfortable quarters, absolutely free from drafts; see that his bedding is changed daily, and all discharge from the nose and eyes sponged away as gently as possible with warm water, bo as not to disturb the patient. The food offered should be highly nutritious and easily digestible, such as beef tea or mutton broth thickened with rice or well boiled oatmeal. The feeding dishes and drinking pans must be scrupulously clean, as dirty pans will nauseate a sick animal and destroy what little appetite it may have. Scraped raw beef is very nutritious and can be mixed with gelatine; a dog will frequently eat this when it will refuse everything else. When the appetite fails altogether and the animal refuses to eat, food must be forced down its throat at least four times a day. For this use beef extracts or beef tea with the addition of a raw egg, a cupful at a time four times a day for a fifty-pound dog; and if that quantity irritates the stomach it must be divided and given oftener. If the patient becomes very weak a little sherry or brandy must be given in milk punches to keep up the general strength.

"In the first stage of the disease the bowels are generally irregular, due to the accumulation of undigested matter in the intestines; it is advisable to move this by a dose of castor oil, varying in quantiy from a tea-spoonful for a small dog to an ounce and a half for a large dog.

"After this has operated the most useful drug I have found for foti-fying the system against the ravages of the poison and checking what would otherwise be a severe attack is hyposulphite of soda. The particular property of this drug either within or without the system is to destroy ferments and bacteria, and experiments have conclusively proven its benefits in all diseases where morbid poisons are at work. Blood drawn from dogs that have been given thirty grains a day for five days kept fresh for three weeks; the blood of dogs similarly treated with the exception of not having the sulphate became putrid in three or four days. Dogs that had received the sulphite in thirty grain dosps with their food for five days and were then injected with fetid pus or the purulent discharge from a glan-dered horse reeled, tottered, and were unable to walk for a few hours, but at the end of five davs recovered their health and appetite, the wound where the injection had been made healing nicely. Doers treated similarly in every way with the exception of not having previously received the hyposulphite died in from the fourth to the sixth day with a purulent discharge from the eyes and nostrils, and the point where the injection was made became gangrenous. The dose of this drug is from two to twenty grains, depending upon the age and size of the patient, and the condition of the bowels; if they become too loose the dose must be decreased.

"Quinine Is another drug of great value in the treatment of distemper and all febrile conditions. Its use is, however, abused from a failure to understand its real action! as a rule too large doses are given and at too frequent intervals. The action of quinine, besides lowering temperature and pulsation, is in small doses tonic and stimulating, increasing the apnetite and all digestive secretions; in large doses continued it is depressing and destroys the appetite. It has remarkable antiseptic proper-tips, attacking and destroying all pernicious micro-organisms. A full dose (five grains for a St. Bernard) given at the first sign of lassitude and dejection of premonitory symptoms of an attack of distemper, while it may not prevent the disease, will certainly moderate it. Its use should then be discontinued until the fifth or sixth day of the disease, when small doses of from one to five grains should be given three times a day, but discontinued if any signs of disagreeing with the dog are shown.

"Pulmonary complications can be relieved by applying hot flannels to the sides or the use of hot water bags. Hot fomentations or bandages wrung out of warm water do more harm than good, as the animal generally gets chilled while they are being used.

"Nitrate of potash may be given in the dog's drinking water or in six to fifteen grain doses; it reduces fever and stimulates the action of the kidneys.

"If the pulse and temperature are very high a few doses of veratrum can be given with advantage, but not continued for more than two days

The dose is from one-tenth to one-third of a grain of the powder, at intervals of three or four hours.

"Epileptic fits and nervous symptoms are difficult to treat with any degree of success during the course of the disease. If they are due to reflex action, as from the patient cutting teeth, lance the gums; if due to worms, the system is generally too debilitated to stand the powerful drugs necessary to remove-or destroy these pests. The patient, however, can be temporarily relieved by bromide in doses of from five to twenty grains, four or five times a day, either in a capsule or a watery solution. If the excitement is extreme the bromide can be combined with from three to ten grains of chloral. The latter drug, when administered, should be mixed with syrup of mucilage to prevent its irritating the throat.