As to diet, if it is only a slight case, a light meal of bread or crushed biscuit with gravy or milk may be given three or four times a day. [Illustration: A coat covering the chest; useful in cases of distemper to keep the chest warm, especially when lung affected] For a change, a little well-boiled fish with rice, or sheep’s head broth and rice, or bread. Milk may be given freely to drink. In all cases of distemper it is important to keep the eyes free of discharge by cleaning or bathing them frequently with some warm boracic lotion, made by dissolving half a teaspoonful of boracic acid in half a pint of warm water. When the discharge is very free and continues, in addition to keeping them clean with this lotion a little of the following may be run on to the eyes, especially on the inside of the lower lid:— _The Lotion for Eye_: Chinosol, 3 grains. Water to 6 ounces. To be applied three times a day after cleansing with the boracic. In severe cases where the discharge is very profuse and offensive, a little powdered iodoform may be dusted over the front of the eye two or three times a day. If ulcers form they are to be treated the same way: and if the eyes are very painful, add to every half-pint of boracic lotion four grains of hydrochlorate of cocaine. As the dog recovers from distemper, and the discharge ceases, if there is any opacity of the corners left, the following ointment should be used:— _The Ointment for Eyes_: Yellow Oxide of Mercury, 1 grain. Vaseline, 1 drachm. Mix. A small piece should be placed between the lids, and then gently rub the upper eyelid over the eye for one minute so as to work the ointment in. Repeat twice a day. In some cases the opacity is very obstinate, and cannot be removed by the ointment, then the following drops may be tried:— Divine Stone, 2 grains. Solution Sulphate Atropine, 12 maximum. Distilled Water to ½ ounce. One or two drops to be placed in the eye twice a day. The dog should be held for a few minutes after this lotion has been applied or he may rub the eye. After distemper, eczema often follows as the result of weakness; tonics should be given and the disease treated in the ordinary way. Some dogs during distemper, especially in bad cases, discharge a thin, purulent, offensive matter or pus from the skin around the mouth, head, under the neck, and inside of ears. This condition, which is more often seen in bloodhounds than other dogs, is a very bad sign. The parts should be thoroughly cleansed once a day by being washed with Pearson’s Antiseptic diluted eighty times with warm water, carefully dried with soft cloths, and then freely dusted with some absorbent powder, as anylyform, or with the following:— Powdered Burnt Alum, 1 ounce. Powdered Boracic Acid, 1 ounce. Powdered Starch, 6 ounces. Mixed together.