S36 DISEASES OF DOGS : THE MANGE. 



the parts mostly affected are the belly, the thighs, 

 and legs ; and sometimes the whole body. The 

 parts look excessively red, as if blood was ready 

 to gush forth ; it is accompanied with much itch- 

 ing, and the skin is almost denuded of its hair. 

 The treatment to be adopted in red mange is 

 somewhat different from that of common mange ; 

 it will be sometimes requisite in these cases to 

 take a few ounces of blood from the dog, to allay 

 constitutional irritation; and the mercurial liniment 

 too (No. 32, p. S40) should not be commenced 

 with, till the dog has been either bled or purged, 

 and then begin a day or two after, and anoint him 

 well every third day for three or four times, and 

 give himthe alterative ball (No. 35,p. 341) every day. 



Sometimes, though rarely, the mange commences 

 with a severe fever and tumefaction of the parts, 

 the dog pants, refuses to eat, and appears much 

 distressed ; some part of the body, as the head or 

 neck, swells, which is soon succeeded by an ulcera- 

 tion of the parts. When cases of this nature 

 occur, it will be necessary to take from four to six 

 ounces of blood from him, if a middling sized dog, 

 and to give the purging ball (No. 2 or 3, p. 304) 

 once or twice. After bleeding and purging, it will 

 be proper to anoint the affected parts every day 

 with the ointment (No. 33, p. 340), which will 

 complete the cure. 



