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of Nux Vomica 5* and Merc. Sol. 5x, 2 to 10 grains 

 of each every three or four hours. Others prescribe a 

 grey powder or calomel, in small doses (half a grain 

 of calomel), three times a day. 



LUNGS, INFLAMMATION OF. See under Dis- 

 temper. 



MANGE. There are two kinds, follicular and 

 sarcoptic, both of which arise from a small parasite. 

 In the former the parasite takes up its abode in 

 the hair-follicles and sebaceous glands. The disease 

 progresses slowly, commencing with a small, bare 

 patch, and gradually spreading until sometimes the 

 unhappy victim is denuded of his hair, the skin 

 becoming corrugated and of a darkish blue colour, 

 with a number of little eruptions. Fortunately, this 

 complaint is not very contagious, but it is most 

 troublesome to cure from the very nature of its 

 origin. A small part may be dressed daily with 

 Naphthol Beta Ointment, but where the complaint is 

 widespread drastic measures will have to be taken. 

 The hair of a long -coated dog should be clipped quite 

 short, a bath given in order to moisten the scabs, 

 and then the following dressing thoroughly rubbed 

 in : Olive -oil, I pint ; Wright's solution of coal-tar, 

 4 oz.<; sulphur, 4 oz. ; mercurial ointment, i oz. 

 Apply every day for a week, and then wash again. 

 SARCOPATIC MANGE is highly contagious, the para- 

 sites infesting the surface of the skin, and when it 

 once (appears the bedding must all be burned and 

 the kennels thoroughly disinfected and limewashed. 

 The dressing recommended above is efficacious, and 

 so is the sulphur mixture prescribed for eczema. 



PERITONITIS. Is accompanied by constipation, 

 with much pain in the abdomen, which is hard to 



