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bly perish from the strong poisonous properties of the remedies. 



For red mange, to any of the fonnula, 1, 2, or 3, to 6 oz. of 



the ointments prescribed, add 1 oz. mild mercurial ointment. 



Use the wire muzzle as above. 



In addition to these outer applications, give mild doses of 



epsom salts twice or thrice a week ; and occasionally, but for 



red mange always, the following formula : 



Black sulphuret of quicksilver, .'Etliiop's mineral, 1 oz. 

 Supeitartarate of potash, 1 oz. Nitrate of Potash, . 2 drs. 



Divide into sixteen, twenty, or twenty-four doses, according to 

 the size of the dog, and give one morning and evening. 

 Keep the dog wann and dry, and feed on vegetable diet. 



OPHTHALMIA, 



Whether arising from cold, or external imtation, as scratches, 



thom- wounds, or the like, may be treated successfully as follows : 



Give gentle purgatives, feed low ; if much inflammation, bleed. 



Apply the following wash several times a day, after fomenting, 



with an infusion of poppy-heads, or a weak infusion of opium 



in hot water. 



Superacetate of lead, \ dr. Rose-water, • 6 oz. 



When the inflammation is disappearing, 



Sulpliate of zinc, . 1 scrup. Weak infusion of elm bark, C oz. 



Brandy, one teaspoonful. 



SORE FEET. 



" When dog's feet become sore by travelling it is common to 

 \vash them with brine, but this is not altogether a good practice. 

 It is better to bathe them with greasy pot liquor, milk or butter- 

 milk, and afterwards to defend them from stones or dirt by 

 wrapping them up." — Blaine. 



My practice is always after shooting, to bathe a dog's feet 

 when unwounded, with brine, which tends greatly to indurate 

 and prevent them from becoming sore. If actually sore, I fol- 

 low M:\ 131aine's course of treatment. 



