72 DISEASES 



Treatment. — First wash and dry the sores nicely, then touch the sore 

 edges twice a day with following solution: Sulphate of copper one dram 

 to an ounce of water. Here are several other remedies: Yellow oxide 

 of mercury 15 grains to one ounce of simple ointment. Mix, and use 

 once a day to sores after having first cleaned them. Another is, if any of 

 the sores look "angry" scrape with a knife a little blue stone into fine 

 powder and dust the ear with it; or, after bathing and drying nicely touch 

 them with a point of lunar caustic. As soon as you have cauterized the 

 sores apply a damp sponge or cloth. 



Quoting Hugh Dalziel: — "There are other cases where the whole of 

 the external ear becomes swollen and tender, the flap thickened and filled 

 with fluid between the skin and the cartilage or gristle; in such cases 

 the best plan is, after bathing the ears well, to cut them with a lancet, 

 press out the bloody matter, and, having again well washed and softly 

 dried the ears, let them be touched with the following: 



Lead Liniment. 



Goulard's extract of lead 1 ounce 



Glycerine and carbolic acid % ounce 



Finest olive oil 4 y 2 ounces 



"Mix the two first named, and add the oil gently, rubbing together 

 in a mortar. Shake bottle well before using. In getting the gly- 

 cerine and carbolic acid from your druggist, I mean it to be one 

 part pure carbolic acid in five parts. 



"There is also a mangy affection of the ear which might be confounded 

 with external canker; in such cases the edges of the ear become dry, hot 

 and scaly, and hair come out, but this is not ear canker and should be 

 treated as mange with Eberhart's Skin Cure, applying it twice daily, rub- 

 bing it on until ear softens up and gently scraping off the hair with the 

 fingers." 



Enlarged Joints — All large joints are not diseased. In selecting a 

 pup from a litter the big jointed ones ore to be preferred. Enlarged joints, 

 from the want of the hard, earthy materials in the bone, which makes them 

 yielding, so that they cannot support the weight of the body, consequently 

 giving away, producing deformity, are, however, often met with, caused 

 generally by bad food, lack of good water, fresh air and sunshine. (See 

 Rickets.) 



Ear, Polypus in the — This will occur sometimes in the lining mem- 

 brane of the external meatus. Their removal should be left to the vet- 

 erinary surgeon. 



Ear, Wax Hardening in the Warm water injections are useful and 



afterward the ear should be carefully dried; or better yet, glycerine first 

 put in hot water and when cool enough to use, inject into dog's ear. His 



