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there are several forms of this loathsome disease 

 that arise from the keep, lack of exercise, im- 

 proper food, and bedding. 



Most of the patent preparations advertised 

 will effect a cure, whether of sarcoptic or follicu- 

 lar form, but they are generally expensive and 

 hard to apply. The following remedy is a cer- 

 tain cure, can be prepared by any attendant, and 

 is inexpensive: One pound of slaked lime to two 

 pounds of powdered sulphur in two gallons of 

 water, boil down to one gallon, add enough water 

 to this liquid to make five quarts, and rub the 

 hound thoroughly with it twice, three days apart. 

 If the case has advanced to the stage of a con- 

 siderable loss of hair, also apply a dressing of fish- 

 oil and sulphur twice, three days apart, and the 

 coat will be restored. Mange can be cured with 

 one pound of sulphur, one quart of fish-oil, two 

 ounces each of oil or tar and turps, and should be 

 tried before using harsher remedies. 



This may seem a rather simple treatment for 

 a disease which canine pathologists and veteri- 

 narians exhaust volumes upon, but it is based 

 entirely upon practice and not theory, and fully 

 covers the subject, as a trial will demonstrate. 



Eczema — frequently mistaken for mange — is, 

 however, entirely different from mange, and can 

 only be cured by constitutional treatment requir- 

 ing time and patience. For several years my dif- 

 ferent kennelmen were constantly treating the 



