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of the ear causing pain, and the hound in 

 violently shaking the head for ease makes the 

 flaps or end of the ears sore which soon become 

 affected and if not attended to the sores eat 

 away sections of the ear. A weak solution of 

 nitrate of silver poured into the ear daily is 

 good, but it discolors the hair, the hand, and 

 the clothing of user, and I have found a tea- 

 spoonful of one part creolin and twenty parts 

 water poured in the ear daily and manipulated 

 by the hand, and an hour later the same quan- 

 tity of powdered borax, equally effective. The 

 eating sore on the flap or end of the ear can 

 be similarly treated after having first been 

 touched lightly with a stick of lunar caustic 

 along the raw edges. 



RICKETS ' 



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This is a term applied to young, growing 

 pups with ill-shaped legs, misshapen joints or 

 the springing or standing over in pastern joints. 

 It is caused by bad feeding, enfeebled or imma- 

 ture parents, and generally the lack of suffi- 

 cient bone-forming material. Pups suffering 

 from rickets should have an abundance of light, 

 air and sunshine, given only lime water to 

 drink, and have phosphate of lime sprinkled 



