?6 DISEASES 



true mange. In most cases it can be ascribed to a disordered condition of 

 the blood and general system. 



"Eczema assumes a variety of forms. In one very common form there 

 is first a redness of the entire skin with a dry scaly dandruff that flakes 

 off. In another form there is an eruption of small distinct pimples or 

 papules that do not always break but can be easily felt, like shot under 

 the skin. In another form there is a formation of scurvy crusts of a yel- 

 lowish white color that smells like mice, and underneath this crust are 

 small, cup-shaped ulcers. 



"Follicular mange, or red mange, is due to a sort of vegetable fungoid 

 mite that lives at the base 'of the hair and around the sebaceus gland. 

 It turns the skin a sort of brownish red, kills the hair root, and is most 

 commonly found along the back near the root of the tail. 



"In the commonest form of eczema. there will first be noticed a patch 

 on some part of the dog's body that is inflamed or covered with pimples. 

 These pimples increase in size and become a vesicle filled with a clear tur- 

 bulent or purulent fluid. This sore breaks, the fluid escapes, runs over 

 the skin which it irritates, and dries into scabs which mat the hair together. 

 The inflammation affects the hair follicle, the hair drops out leaving bare 

 spots, and there is a constant exudate of matter, which spreads and forms 

 more hare spots. The skin becomes ulcerated or thickened and wrinkled. 

 The dog is tormented by the intolerable itching past all point of endur- 

 ance, scratches himself until he bleeds, cannot sleep or eat, gets no rest 

 and becomes a mere wreck of his former self. 



"Treatment. — As previously stated, eczema and inflammation of the 

 skin are largely due to constitutional causes, and there is no specific treat- 

 ment or radical cure for all cases, and the owner must exercise his power 

 of judgment and reason, and possibly try two or three different preparations 

 before effecting a cure. 



"The following course must be pursued. First make a change in the 

 animal's diet if he is being fed on grains and vegetables with little or no 

 meat, give him an increased amount of meat both lean and raw, with little 

 or no bread or vegetables, and vice versa. If the dog is fat and plethoric, 

 generally prosperous, and inclined to be constipated, give him a good laxa- 

 tive pill every night and fast for twenty-four hours. If he is thin and un- 

 thrifty give cod liver oil emulson with from two to five grains of the 

 sulphate or iron of Sergeant's Iron and Arsenic Pills. The fat plethoric 

 dog should have a blood purifying and cooling pill twice a day for some 

 time. Clayton's Blood Cooling Pill is very good, or the following prescrip- 

 tion: 



Flower of sulphur 2 ounces 



Cream of tartar 3 ounces 



Bromide of potassium 3 drams 



Mix and divide into eighteen powders and give one in the morning. 



"The blood purifying and cooling pills mentioned are th» best thing 

 to use, handy and easier to give. 



