Here are two different cases of chorea prescribed for by the American Field:

"About two months since I bred a young pug bitch, and shortly afterward I noticed a nervous affection in her face; just about as regular as a clock would tick the lower jaw would drop and raise again, and for a while her tongue would hang out at one side as if partially paralyzed. What is the probable cause, and what treatment should she have? She did not whelp, and this was her first mating. Ans. - Chorea; give two drops of Fowler's Solution of Arsenic three times daily for six consecutive days, then increase the dose one drop daily until fifteen drops are given at each and every dose; continue this for one week, then decrease in the same raitio.

"Please prescribe for my English setter bitch that has had, for the last two months, a severe jerking in her fore legs, seeming to be worse, In damp weather; otherwise she is apparently in good health. The bitch had the distemper about two or three months ago. Ans. - Chorea. For ten consecutive days give ten grains of iodide of potash three times daily, then give six drops of Fowler's Solution three times daily for seven consecutive days, and on the eighth day increase the dose one drop daily until thirty drops are given at each and every dose; continue this for fourteen days then decrease in the same raitio." The electric battery has proved of great benefit in many cases.

The two above cases of chorea in a pug and an English setter gives you the old and well-known Fowlers' Solution of Arsenic treatment, and proper sized doses, if you wish to try it. This is the old-time remedy and has cured (Shorea when directions were carefully followed.

The following article on Chorea was. written especially for ,this,book by Dent:

"Chorea is the most distressing nervous complaint dog owners are familiar with. It is due to an involuntary nervous discharge of the motor cells controlling certain muscles. The essential pathology of these more or less constant muscular twitchings has baffled all scientific investigation, and careful microscopic autopsies, extending from the nerve terminus in a muscle back to the cord and brain, have failed to reveal a lesion that can be considered a cause.

"The most satisfactory theory is that the brain cells controlling a certain muscle or set of muscles are so weakened by the poison of distemper or some other cause as to cause them to send out muscular impulses without natural mental impulse or will power.

"There is a form of chorea, due to a disturbed nervous system, induced by blows or injuries to the, or the presence of intestinal parasites which have deranged the, digestive organs. This form of chorea is generally curable. The form which follows distemper is not so amenable to treatment.

"The symptoms are so prominent and characteristic that there is no mistaking the disease, -and the peculiar involuntary twitching of the muscles once seen is never forgotten. Then entire body may be affected; generally it is only one set of muscles, those of the foreleg or of the neck and shoulders, in which case the head bobs up and down in a most helpless manner. Where the hindlegs are affected the dog will suddenly drop one" of the limbs from the hip downward as if there was an entire loss of strength and power. This is particularly noticeable if it attempts to jump on a chair or table, for, after one or two attempts, it falls on its side or in a heap, completely helpless.

"The top of the head is often affected and twitches and throbs in a most peculiar manner, and the jerking is commonly observable about the muscles of the eyelids, lips and face. In severe cases of chorea the general health is affected, and the animal shows signs of suffering probably due to anxiety and appreciation of its helpfulness. In mild cases it does not affect the animal's general health, and some field dogs have it all their lives without affecting their usefulness. The owner, however, is annoyed by the constant muscular movements and is always anxious to effect a cure. Some cases are quiet during sleep, others are worse.

Treatment

Although the disease occurs in the best regulated kennels, despite the most careful treatment of distemper, it does not alter the fact that dogs properly treated for distemper and worms and well housed and fed are less liable to the disease than those which are neglected.

"The first thing to do is to look after the animal's general health. See that the bowels act promptly and this is accomplished best by dieting and the feeding of foods possessing laxative properties and not by resorting to physics. If there is the slightest suspicion of worms treat for them, as they torment the nervous system beyond all measure and are the cause of many attacks.

"Feed regularly and carefully, and if there is a tendency to constipation use well boiled oatmeal. Mutton broths with stale bread, beef well boiled or raw lean beef chopped fine. From two to five grains of pepsin and one-half grain of diastase can be given after each meal, to assist the stomach in the process of digestion. If there is much debility and weakness give emulson of cod liver oil in doses of from one teaspoonful to three tablespoonfuls three or four times a day.

"The drugs principally used are nux vomica or strychnine and arsenic. Some practitioners use a dose of nux vomica in the morning and arsenic at night. As both of these drugs are poisonous they must be used with care. The dose of nux vomica is from two to twelve drops of the tincture twice a day. It is a valuable vegetable, bitter, and an aid to digestion as well as a nerve stimulant. Any stiffness of the muscles or tendency to spasms is an indication for its immediate discontinuance.

"Fowler's Solution of Arsenic is the most convenient form. The dose is from one to thirty drops. Give a drop at first, increasing it one drop a day up to the larger dose, then gradually decreasing and discontinue for a time, and whenever there is any constitutional symptoms of its effects, such as reddened or fullness under the eye, nausea, whitish tongue, etc.

"The following pills are highly recommended by many who have used •them. As some of the ingredients are poisonous, they should be prepared by a qualified druggist or pharmacy graduate. Strychnine one grain, extract of belladonna six grains, extract of gentian one dram, gipsin three drams. . Mix carefully and divide into forty-eight pills, one of which is to be given night and morning in the patient's food. This dose is for a dog weighing from thirty to fifty pounds.

"The medicines heretofore mentioned are, in their action, purely alterative and nerve stimulating; in connection with them may be mentioed the use of the electrical current from a surgeon's battery. Obstinate and apparently incurable cases sometimes show a decided improvement, and radical cures are effected, in response to a gentle stimulating current of electricity. One electrode should be applied to the neck directly over the spinal cord, the other to the extremity of the affected leg, and the electrical stimulation continued for from five to thirty minutes twice a day. The beneficial effects from a careful massage of the leg and a manipulation of the muscles cannot be overestimated. Besides breaking down adhesions or agglutinations of the muscle fibers, it increases the supply of blood to the part and promotes its nutrition and has a most beneficial reflex action on the entire nervous system."