SOME CANINE DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES. 675 



To the credit of dog-owners, be it said, that even this 

 misfortune would not be sufficient to induce many of them 

 to take such a step; therefore the treatment demanded 

 for the disease will be advised. Here it will be well to 

 say that, for obvious reasons, it is best for everyone to 

 carefully examine his dog once a day, and if he finds an 

 eruption resembling at all follicular mange he should apply 

 treatment without delay. If there are only two or three 

 affected spots, let him obtain from his druggist a mixture 

 made up of Canada balsam and carbolic acid, of each one 

 or two drachms. Into this dip a wooden toothpick, and 

 what remains deposited on it rub well into the affected spot. 

 Treat each pustule in this way, and afterward generously 

 dust on dry sulphur. As a rule, this application will kill 

 the disease at the particular points. As new pustules 

 appear, let them be treated in the same way. 



This disease is rarely discovered early; more often it has 

 made considerable headway before attention is attracted to 

 it. When this is the case, clip the hair closely around the 

 eruption, and wash the dog quickly with the strongest form 

 of carbolic soap. Rinse with clear water. Before doing 

 this, however, if crusts have formed, linseed-oil or lard 

 should be freely used the night before, to soften them. 

 After washing, apply the balsam and carbolic acid as de- 

 scribed; but it will not do to make the application over 

 too great a surface at any. one time, for fear of poisonous 

 absorption. On a large dog one might safely apply a thin 

 coating of the remedy to a spot the size of a silver dollar; 

 having done so, he should wait two or three hours, and 

 attack another spot; then again wait, and so on. In this 

 way, in a day or two the entire eruption, even if extensive, 

 can be acted upon. After the pustule has been touched 

 with the balsam and acid, and been dusted as recommended, 

 no further treatment at that point is, as a rule, needed, for 

 rapid healing takes place. If the case is a severe one, and 

 there is need to wash the sufferer from time to time, all 

 badly inflamed spots which appear after the operation 

 should be touched as advised. 



