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for — as I have before stated — rarely con- 

 tract this disease; but it often occurs as a 

 sequence of other disorders, notably dis- 

 temper. I have given considerable space 

 to it, as, notwithstanding the best of care, 

 your dog may be afflicted with it. 



Many dogs become partially deaf, and 

 some wholly so, from the effects of this dis- 

 ease. They might have been saved from 

 the misfortune had the trouble been attend- 

 ed to at the proper time. Many of the un- 

 fortunate ones, however, are thus afflicted 

 solely from the effects of the pernicious 

 stuff that has been poured Into their ears 

 by persons entirely ignorant of the first 

 principles that govern the intelligent prac- 

 tice of the heallnyf art. 



Mangle* 



Mange is also a disease that in olden 

 times was usually treated with harsh appli- 

 cations. Nearly all of the old writers upon 

 the subject advise the use of mercurial 



