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The dog to be first washed with lime water ; and, 

 when dry, to be well rubbed with some of the ointment 

 on the parts affected. The washing and dressing to be 

 repeated every two days. 



Give the dog half a drachrn of nitre and a drachm of 

 sulphur daily, for ten days. 



It will be best to keep the dog free from getting very 

 cold or wet during this process, which, by the by, very 

 rarely fails to cure in two or three applications. 



The following is another remedy, during the progress 

 of which dogs may be worked, or even go in the water. 

 The simple article required for this can only be pro- 

 cured on the sea coast. 



Rub the parts affected every other day with the strongest bitters, 

 which are extracted from the salt, and are to be had at the salt- 

 urns, by the name of glauber. This kind of embrocation may 

 be kept, for some time, in bottles, if wanted to send inland. 



SORE FEET. 



To keep a dog's feet hard and sound, the best way is 

 to wash them with brine, or pot-liquor, every day after 

 coming in ; because, if once suffered to get raw, they 

 are so apt to smart (and particularly if any thing is 

 applied), that the dog makes them worse, by gnawing 

 and biting at them to allay the itching. 



If any farther remedy was required, I should prefer 

 the following 



RECIPE. 



Oil of vitriol . .5 drops. 



Tincture of myrrh . . . .1 ounce. 



A little of which should be applied, with a feather, 

 after first washing the feet. 



