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or an evident pustule, will arise, and on some 

 occasions the wlielp ma}^ be out of sorts for a 

 couple of days and refuse his food; but though 

 I would rather see the ^'pustule" and observe 

 tliat health tuas sliglitly affected^ than merely 

 notice nothing more than an inflamed circle, 

 in my belief, inflannnation or festering without 

 an evident pustule is sufficient. If the whelps 

 are not thus ke2)t in solitude for the period 

 mentioned, they Avill detect the puncture of the 

 lancet^ and lick the places for each other. The 

 spots for the operation should be selected so as 

 to be out of reach of the tongue or the hinder 

 toes, to annul as much as possible the patient's 

 licking or scratching himself. The inside of the 

 car, liigli up, is one place, beneath the j^oint of 

 the shoulder, sliglitly in front and close to the 

 breast is another, and the rump, immediately 

 above the stern or tail, may also be selected 

 for the operation. 



Anybody who owns a dog, wliose coat is infested 

 with those active and sagacious little insects known 

 as fleas, will, on examination, see that just above 

 the stern or tail tlie fleas do congregate for sleep 

 and rest, because there, in that self-appropriated 



