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kennels have not been equally fortunate : I have 

 observed in some of them a disorder unknown in 

 mine ; I mean a swelling in the side, which sometimes 

 breaks, but soon after forms again, and generally 

 proves fatal at last. I once heard a friend of mine 

 say, whose kennel is subject to this complaint, that he 

 never knew but one instance of a dog that recovered 

 from it. I have, however, since known another, in a 

 dog that I had from him, which I cured by frequently 

 rubbincr with a digestive ointment : the tumour broke 

 and formed again several times, till at last it entirely 

 disappeared. The disorder that we have now been 

 treating of has this, I think, in common with the 

 putrid sore throat, that it usually attacks the weakest. 

 Women are more apt to catch the sore throat than 

 men ; children than women ; and young hounds more 

 readily catch this disorder than old. When it seizes 

 whelps at their walks, or young hounds when first 

 taken from them, it is then most dangerous. I also 

 think that madness, their inflammatory fever, is less 

 frequent than it was before this disorder was known. 



There are few disorders to which dogs are so sub- 

 ject as the mange. Air and exercise, wholesome 

 food, and cleanliness, are the best preservatives 

 against it. Your feeder should be particularly 

 attentive to it ; and when he perceives any spot upon 

 them, let him rub it with the following mixture : 



A pint of train oil, 



Three quarters of a pint of turpentine, 



Three quarters of a pound of sulphur, 



Two ounces of sulphur vivus, 



Mixed well together, and kept in a bottle. 



