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weaned, becoming inflamed, and in many cases 

 small ulcers form. The same thing has occa- 

 sionally happened in our kennels, and after try- 

 ing practically all the eye washes on the market, 

 sometimes without success, I applied to a friend 

 of mine in the laboratory of the Massachusetts 

 General Hospital and was advised by him to 

 wash the dog's eyes two or three times a day 

 with a ten per cent, solution of argyrol, which 

 has been eminently successful. For slight in- 

 flammations a boracic acid wash, that any chem- 

 ist will put up, will usually effect a cure. 



The several forms of skin disease which cause 

 so much disquiet to young stock, preventing rest 

 and hindering growth, are sometimes due to 

 faults in feeding which upset the work of the 

 assimilative organs, and are to a great extent 

 preventable. Not so those that are due to the 

 presence of a parasite that burrows under the 

 skin and produces that condition of the coat 

 commonly known as mange. A dog may go for 

 some considerable time unsuspected, but the 

 sooner it is discovered and attended to the bet- 

 ter, as it is highly contagious. The first thing 

 to do is to take an equal amount of powdered 

 sulphur and lard, make a paste, and rub it 

 thoroughly into the coat of the dog and let it 

 stay on for two days. Of course, the dog will 

 lick off all he can, but the internal application 



