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also a remedy, and would be obliged if you could 



furnish me with such. 



A. B. JACKSON. 



Ans. Your spaniel has external otitis, or ear 

 canker, probably from overeating and lack of 

 exercise as basic cause. See that he gets a good 

 run at least twice a day and goes out with you 

 whenever you go for a walk. A mild solution 

 of boracic acid in lukewarm water poured into 

 the ear passage once a day will take care of the 

 interior inflammation, and whatever >sore part 

 of the ear can be reached with the fingers had 

 best be rubbed with zinc ointment for eczema, 

 which you can get at the drug store. Hockwalt 

 gives the following ear lotion: Goulard's ex 

 tract of lead, 1 oz. ; laudanum, 1 oz. ; fluid extract 

 witch-hazel, 1 oz.; water, 2 oz. A teaspoonful 

 warmed and poured into the ear once daily. Try 

 this if the boracic acid solution does not appear 

 to be strong enough. 



DEAF BEAGLE 



I have a Beagle hound puppy nine months old, 

 and about six weeks ago I first discovered he 

 was deaf. Can there be anything done for him? 

 His head is not sore, and I am unable to find 

 anything out of the ordinary. He is out of a first 



