The dog is as subject to catarrh and cold as other animals: but there is a singular difference in the sound and character of the cough of dogs under different circumstances, and indicative of different affections of the lungs, the immediate recognition of which marks the man who is accustomed to their diseases.

There is a cough, the very sound of which indicates obstruction of the air-passages, or accumulation of mucus there. It comes on after the slightest exertion; it is, in a manner, incessant from morning to night; and it terminates with an apparent attempt to vomit; but nothing is ejected except a little frothy mucus, either white or discoloured with bile. The dog is usually middle-aged, if not old; in good, or perhaps too good a condition; and the cough does not seem to affect the health in the slightest degree.

Emetics wilt afford the most certain and the greatest relief (Recipe No. 14, p. 172). One may be given every third or fourth day, varying from a grain of the compound powder to a grain and a half, according to the size of the dog.

Should the asthma, for that is the proper name of this kind of cough, not be relieved by the emetics, a' cough-ball should be given morning and night on each of the intermediate days.

Recipe (No. 20). Cough Balls

Take - Powdered digitalis, a scruple;

Antimonial powder, two scruples; Nitre, six drachms; Sulphur, two drachms; Palm-oil, three drachms; Divide into ten or twenty balls, according to the size of the dog,

There is another kind of cough, or rather huskiness, which is the companion of distemper. This is not so loud, and sooner terminates in the attempt to vomit.

A third kind of cough is a hollow and very noisy one; occurring frequently during the day, and most of all at night. The emetics and cough-balls will be useless here, unless they are preceded by a copious bleeding, and then they will rarely fail of having effect. Bleeding is seldom indicated in either of the other kinds of cough.

Cold And Cough

A cough arises from an irritation of the lungs; and may be produced by a cold, or otherwise. It is generally the effect of a cold, and may be removed by

Recipe (No. 21)

Antimonial powder, five grains; Calomel, four grains; Made with honey into two boluses, and given in the evening for two nights successively.

If a dog should be afflicted with a cough, in the first place examine his throat, in order to ascertain if any species of bone is lodged there; as such a circumstance will cause a dog to cough for weeks. If the cough arises from a cold, administer a dose or two of syrup of buckthorn. Should the cough still continue, give tartar emetic, as described under the head Distemper.