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Clogging of Nazal Passage with Phlegm. — For this smear the nose 

 once a day with a little pine tar oil, which the dog will lick off, and it 

 will act like magic. Also get some onions, cut up small and tie around the 

 dog's neck. If the cough is very troublesome, boil down some onions and 

 brown sugar and give a teaspoonful every two hours. It is a wonderful 

 salve for the sore throat that in most cases the dog will have in connection 

 with the nazal discharge. 



Bitch Don't Get Properly in Heat. — Bull bitch, over 4 years. She does 

 not come properly on heat; the parts are swollen for more than four weeks, 

 and the discharge is never colored. 



Answer. — The next time the bitch shows signs of coming in season, 

 give twice a day for a week, made into a pill with resin ointment, 2 grs. 

 of permanganate of potash. Get 14 pills made up. 



Bloody Discharge From Ear. — Irish terrier continually shakes his head 

 and bloody matter runs from the ear and his eyes are also affected, can 

 you tell me what to do? 



Answer. — Syringe out the ears with a tablespoonful of alcohol in a 

 gill of warm water; let the dog shake his ears and then wipe carefully. 

 When dry fill the orifices with boracic acid powder. He should be better 

 in two treatments. Wipe out the ears gently with absorbent cotton several 

 times a day. 



Excessive Thirst. — I have a bull bitch that is out of shape. She drinks 

 as much as a quart of water at a time. Is this due to kidney trouble? 



Answer. — Give twice a day an hour after feeding, three drops of 

 tincture of cantharides in a tablespoonful of water. Continue for about 

 a week. 



Hair Grower. — Tincture cantharides, solution of strong amonia, and 

 oil rosemary, of each 1 dram; glycerine 2 drams; water to make four 

 ounces. Mix, and dab on the ear twice a day. This was used with success 

 on a Pomeranian that had no hair on its ears. 



Puppy Rash. — Which often develops after puppies leave the mother, 

 can be dried up, and if puppy should lick it, all the better. Dissolve a 

 teaspoonful of liver of surphur (Sulp. Potass), in a quart of warm water 

 and apply once a day. 



Bites Dog May Get. — Punctured wounds, whether caused by the bite 

 of a dog or some sharp instrument, if allowed to scab over at the top before 

 healing has been completed at the bottom, usually form an abscess; there- 

 fore, all wounds of this character should be induced to heal slowly from 

 the bottom. Wash the injured parts with warm water to which carbolic 

 acid has been added in the proportion of one part to sixty, or use a warm 

 solution of boracic acid, then soak a pad of absorbent cotton in either one 

 of these lotions and apply it to the wound, cover with a piece of oiled silk 

 and bandage. This treatment should be continued until the wound is healed. 

 If the skin is torn the parts should be cleansed with the carbolic solution 

 and the edges of the wound brought together with stitches, then apply a 

 pad of carbolic gauze over the parts and bandage in position. There is 

 always danger of suppuration, and if it occurs remove two or three stitches, 

 so as to give the parts drainage. The patient should be prevented from 

 licking the wound. If an abscess forms, make an opening at the softest 

 part and drain the contents, then pack the wound with sterilized gauze or 

 oakum, which should be changed daily. This treatment keeps the wound 

 open until it has healed from the bottom. 



Bald Spots. — These are common, and if the hair follicle is not destroy- 

 ed it can be stimulated into activity, but if dead treatment is useless. If 

 the baldness is caused by eczema rub the spots sparingly with a little green 

 iodide of mercury, was the next day and apply lanolin ointment. The 

 following lotion is also useful in stimulating the activity of the roots of 

 the hair: Tincture of cantharides two drams, oil of rosemary two drams, 

 glycerine four drams, water to make eight ounces. Ap^ly twice a day and 

 use care to avoid getting into the eyes and ears. 



Dogs Too Fat. — An excessive amount of fat is as much a disease as 

 •maciation. It involves the heart and lungs, which are weakened, Th« 



