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warm as it will not scald the animal. This operation to be 

 repeated every day, until the sore assumes signs of healing. 

 Burn an old shoe, convert it into powder, and mix it with 

 four ounces of hogs' lard, then rub the ear with it daily for 

 a week or ten days, to make the hair grow on the parts. 



The ears of a dog may become scabbed by forcing its way 

 through hedges, &c. The above may be used as a remedy^ 

 but with double the quantity of water. 



THE COMMON MANGE. 



This is a common disease among dogs, and is attributed 

 to filth, want of proper exercise, and foul feeding It is a 

 chronic inflammation of the skin, sometimes the effeci, of a 

 morbid constitutional action, and at others dependent upon 

 contagion. Some veterinarians consider it a hereditary 

 complaint ; and it has been asserted, that if a bitch has 

 been lined by a mangy dog, that the puppies are likely to 

 be mangy soon after birth, and at all events they are cer- 

 tain to become so sooner or later. This, however, does not 

 appear to be a clearly established fact. One thing is cer- 

 tain, that it is communicated by touch, and also by conta- 

 gion. It is, therefore, a proper precaution to remove the 

 diseased dog from others. When dogs are kept closely pent 

 up, and numbers of them together, the acrid effluvia of their 

 urine is said to induce mange, by transpiration. In this 

 latter case the disease assumes a most virulent character. 



Some authors affirm that there are four distinct kinds of 

 mange, but we know that there are two which can easily be 

 distinguished, namely, the common, and red-mange. The 

 latter is more difficult to cure than the former. We shall 

 first point out that for the more prevalent form of the disease. 



Remedies. — Cleanliness is the first remedy ; and, when- 

 ever it is perceived that the dog is attacked by the complaint. 



