Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X DOG DISEASES CHOREA AND ITS TREATMENT I have an eight-months-old Llewellin setter that has some disease that causes him to jerk apparently in his left front leg, but his whole body jerks after taking exercise. He had distemper when a pup and has had this disease since. Please advise if there is any cure for him, as he has the appearance of a fine dog. E. L. Hedbick. Ans.--Your pup has chorea, which is an aftermath of distemper and it will take a long while to cure it. I would recommend Fowler's solution, and for pups it should be diluted in the preparation of one-half an ounce of Fowler's solution to one ounce and one-half of water. The commencing dose is sixteen drops of the foregoing mixture for breeds of medium size. This should be given three times daily in the food, and the dose should be increased one-fourth after every third day. After having given the mixture thirteen days, stop for three days and resume with the same amount of dose as you stopped at. This you continue until the dog has taken forty-eight drops. After this there should be a second stop for three days, when the use of the medicine should be resumed, beginning with forty-eight drops and decreasing every three days with one-fourth of the total dose. This treatment is continued for about three months. A TOUGH CASE OF CHOREA I have been advised to write you for advice concerning my dog. I have a very fine English setter dog, just a year old to-day. Was a very active and precocious pup up to about the middle of October last, when he showed symptoms of distemper. I took him at once to a very good veterinarian, who gave him three inoculations of distemper serum at intervals of a few days apart. I never saw a quicker or more complete recovery, and he gained...
