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matter well squeezed out of it, the part well washed with tepid water, and 

 then dressed with the following ointment: Turner's Cerate (Ceratum cala- 

 mine), 1 oz.; precipitated chalk and glycerine, and carbolic acid, each 2 

 dr.; mixed. If bicarbonate of soda — dose, ten grains for a 30 lb. dog — be 

 given three times a day it will check the tendency to form boils. Smaller 

 toy dogs use five-grain doses, large breeds fifteen-grain doses. 



Blotch. — When dogs are affected with blotch, (Acute Eczema), in- 

 flamed patches are observed on various parts of the body; these discharge 

 thin mattery fluid, which forms a scab, matting the hair together, which 

 in a few days falls off, leaving bare patches moist from the exuded fluid. 

 These will appear in a night, and need cause no alarm whatever. Use for 

 a few days, 'till the spots are dried up, a powder of equal parts of Boric 

 Acid, bismuth sub nit, and oxide of zinc. Dust this well in on the in- 

 flamed patches twice a day. After dried up then use Eberhart's skin 

 remedy twice a day, and it will bring the hair back in due time. 



Here is a good lotion that you can have made if you haven't my skin 

 remedy on hand: 



Lotion for Blotch. — Take carbolic acid and glycerine (British Phar- 

 macopoeia), 1 oz.; laudanum, 2 oz.; water, iy 2 pts.; carbonate of potash, 

 2 drs. It should be applied over the whole surface of the skin affected 

 twice a day. 



A bath or two, except in cold weather, will facilitate a cure, using 

 Eberhart's, or some good dog soap, warm water to which add a teaspoonful 

 of carbonate of soda, and the dog afterwards very carefully dried. 



Of course, the kennel must be examined, any defective sanitary arrange- 

 ments altered, and thorough cleanliness insisted on. The dog's bedding 

 should be changed at least every other day, and the proper use of dis- 

 infectants in and about the kennel are of great use. 



Breeding, To Prevent. — To prevent a bitch from breeding after she 

 has gone astray, accidentally been bred, wash out the womb with a strong 

 solution of alum and water, using the ordinary syringe with the female 

 point adjusted. The sooner this is done after the act of coition the better. 

 It will often prove successful, especially if the bitch is in the early stages 

 of oestrum. A fairly strong solution of Condy's Fluid, with 5 gr. of sul- 

 phate of zinc to each ounce, has also been successfully employed. 



Another, and very sure thing I have found is, as soon as they are 

 loose, have syringe ready, filled with pure cider vinegar, say half a tea- 

 cup, hold bitch's hind parts up and inject this in the vagina. The super- 

 matazoa can not live in any acid solution. The injection should be quickly 

 done, after they are apart. 



Bronchocele. — This is an enlargement of the thyroid glands, the prin- 

 cipal cartilage of the larynx. See Goitre. 



Bronchitis. — This is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes or wind 

 pipes that convey the air to the lungs, the upper portion called the larynx. 

 It is caused by exposure to damp and cold, neglecting a common cold, of 



