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for affections of this kind, but so far some of them have not proved to he 

 of much benefit. Also, in connection with the above treatment it would 

 be well to use some stimulating embrocation, rubbing into the skin thor- 

 oughly with a woolen cloth. This should be used once daily. Spirits of cam- 

 phor might be tried, or the aconite and camphor liniment prescribed by 

 Dent — the poisonous one." 



"Please prescribe for a dog, one hundred and fifty pounds weight, that 

 has a bad case of rheumatism in the stifle joint, the third attack in the same 

 joint. He has had it now for several weeks and is just beginning to walk 

 on that leg very stiffly; cannot put it down when running. I am afraid 

 Ihe joint will be permanently stiffened. Advise me as to treatment, exer- 

 cise and feeding. Ans. — Give ten grains of the. salicylate of soda and two 

 grains of quinine three times a day, hand rub the joint gently three times 

 a clay twenty minutes at a time; feed milk and stale bread and a very 

 little meat; keep in warm quarters and do not expose to the weather; give 

 walking exercise on pleasant days only." 



Ribs, Fracture of. — This injury, which is not uncommon in dogs, is 

 usually due to a kick. The symptoms are pain on manipulating the part, 

 the breathing is short, the ribs are more or less fixed, and crepitus can 

 be heard if the ear is applied to the ribs. The ribs should be bandaged 

 rather tightly, to prevent undue expansion of the chest walls, and this will 

 generally effect a cure, if, however, the lungs are injured, then such com- 

 plications as pneumonia or pleurisy may arise. A mild aperient is always 

 beneficial. 



Ringworm. — Dogs occasionally have this, due to a vegetable parasite. 

 It is a round, scaly patch, very contagious, and also due to dirty, damp 

 kennels, but could be communicated to the dog from a child who was playing 

 with it. The best treatment is a little of the ointment of iodide of iron, 

 well rubbed in twice a day, prepared as follows: 1 dram of iodide of iron 

 to 7 drams of spermaceti ointment; mix. My Skin Cure will also cure 

 this trouble. Another remedy is yellow oxide of mercury, 15 grains, and 

 benzoated lard, 1 ounce. Another is oleate of copper, one part to lard four 

 parts, which will cure it up. 



Rickets. — Dalziel says of Rickets: 



"Pups, the offspring of an enfeebled clam yielding an insufficient 

 supply of milk, and that of poor quality, or those that are, from any cause, 

 ill fed and neglected or kept in close, ill-ventilated places, without a chance 

 of fresh air and needful exercise, suffer from mis-shapen limbs, thick joints 

 and other deformities, caused by the bones being imperfectly developed, 

 the food, and other conditions on which the pup is reared, not yielding 

 the constituents necessary to give them the required hardness to enable 

 them to perform their proper functions. This state is known as rickets, 

 and the cause being plain, the treatment is evident. Continuous in-and-in 

 breeding is one cause of rickets. 



"Do not attempt to rear a pup on a weakly, unhealthy mother, but if 

 tbe breed Is desired, procure for the pups a fostor-motner of undoubted 



