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The aiDplication should be taken off several times during the 

 daj, and heated again. 



INTERNAL ULCERATION OF THE EAR. 



Symptoms. — This disease is manifested by the dog con- 

 tinually shaking his head ; and a discharge of matter will 

 take place after the complaint is matured; but before the 

 matter is seen, a dry, scurfy, red scab is formed on the in- 

 side of the ear. It is occasioned by too high feeding, and 

 by the animal taking the water when heated. It often 

 proves fatal. 



Remedies. — When the case is not severe, all that will be 

 necessary is to use the following wash, slightly warmed : — 

 Sugar of lead . . 1 drachm. 

 Rose, or rain-water . 4 ounces ; 

 about a teaspoonful should be poured in night and morning. 

 When the disease is of a more severe kind, the following 

 remedy must be applied : — 



White vitriol . . 18 grains, 



Decoction of oak-bark . 4 ounces. 

 When the above fails to prove effectual, recourse must be 

 had to mercury. Let the ears be well washed with a solu- 

 tion of soda, and then rubbed with the following : — 

 Strong mercurial ointment 1 ounce. 

 Hogs' lard • • • i o^nce. 

 Besides rubbing internally, the ointment should be well 

 applied at the base of the ear externally, close to the head. 



COUGHS. 



It frequently happens that cough precedes the distemper ; 

 and if the dog is young, and no probable reason can be 

 assigned for the cold he has taken, it may reasonably be in- 

 ferred that it is a premonitory symptom of that disease ; 



