. The dog coughs very little, not more than half-a-dozen times in the day. Notwithstanding the quantity of medicine that has been taken, the appetite is excellent, and the spirits good.
16th.
The cough is still less frequent, but when it occurs it is attended with retching.
19th
. The cough is daily getting better, and is not heard more than three or four times in the four-and-twenty hours, and then very slight.
30th
. At length I can say that the cough has ceased. It is seldom that so much trouble would have been taken with a dog. It is the neglect of the medical attendance which is often the cause of death.
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