DISEASES OF DOGS ; TICKS. 353 



CHAP. XVII. 



TICKS, 



Dogs, like other animals, are subject to be in- 

 fested with vermin : that kind which dogs are 

 liable to, are called ticks : these sometimes abound 

 in great numbers, and prove very annoying. The 

 following wash will be found effectual in getting 

 rid of them, but great attention to cleanliness will 

 be required to prevent their reproduction. 



(RECIPE, No. 42.) 



JVashfor Ticks. 



Take — Water, two pints ; 



Spirits of wine, one ounce ; 

 Sublimate, one drachm and a half: 

 Dissolve the sublimate in the spirits of wine; 

 and then add the water. It must be used 

 morning and evening, and his hair should 

 be parted, that it may penetrate the skin. 



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