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twice a day, increasing the dose two drops 

 daily until thirty drops are being given, then 

 decrease the dose in the same manner down 

 to the original dose of six drops. The irritat- 

 ing ointments and mange cures should be 

 avoided entirely, being generally worse than 

 useless. 



The following lotion is both cooling and 

 healing, and should be applied twice daily to 

 the sore and inflamed parts; four drachms 

 Goulard's extract of lead and four drachms 

 laudanum to a pint of water. 



The earliest symptom of eczema is an itch- 

 ing, the hound scratching himself on every 

 occasion. Upon examination a redness and 

 thickness will be noticed; no sores are visible 

 as in mange. The second stage cannot be mis- 

 taken. Small vesicles form filled with pus, 

 which on breaking out mat the hair together, 

 causing it to fall out and leave a spot with a 

 wet, inflamed, exuding surface. 



As compared with mange, eczema is a stub- 

 born disease, hard to cure, and should never 

 be neglected, but treated in its first stage. If 

 unable to diagnose the two, a powerful micro- 

 scope will soon set your doubts at rest, as the 

 parasite always present in mange does not 

 appear in eczema. 



