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atllux of huraoura towards tbetn. The earliest 

 Bvmptoms show* tlieinsolvos by tlio animal 

 shaking its head, holding it to one sidi', and 

 violently scratching the ear. Immediately on 

 these signs being perceived, a curative process 

 should be entered upon ; and what this is to be, 

 and how proceeded with, must greatly depend 

 upon the habit of the dog. If the animal is 

 fat, bis system must be reduced by purgatives 

 and abstinence ; bo must have plenty of air, 

 and plenty of exercise, that the fluids of the 

 body may be diverted into another channel. 

 If his skin is infected with mangy irruptions, 

 causing him to itch, be must bave a vegetable 

 diet, accompanied with cleansing, alterative, 

 aud purging medicines. IMr. Eicbardson re- 

 commends the ears to be well washed with 

 warm water and soap, and then syringed out 

 with a solution of sugar of lead, in the pro- 

 portion of about a teaspoonful of the lead to 

 one pint of distilled water. If distilled water 

 cannot be procured, use rain water. Besides 

 this, the washing should bo repeated twice or 

 thrice daily, aud the bowels of the dog kept 

 open by a daily laxative ; if these remedies 

 fail, a setou must be run through the back of 

 the neck, and strong doses of aloes given every 

 second day. 



Mixing of burnt alum with a little sweet 

 oil, would, perhaps, be better than with water, 

 in a case of canker, on account of the wax 

 and the greasy nature of the inside of the 

 ear, which throws of? water. Cancer in the 

 human frame has hitherto been found incura- 

 ble when it cannot be got at ; and when it can, 

 cure has been considered very doubtful. Un- 

 less the roots are destroyed, the cancer will 

 grow again, as is most frequently the case 

 after cutting. I 



AVe have understood that canker in the ear 

 has frequently been cured in little spaniels by ' 

 the application of a solution of alum and 

 water. It should be just warmed, so as to 

 t;ike off the chill ; and a few drops poured into ! 

 the ear, and worked about in it for a few 

 minutes. The complaint generally shows itself 

 by a white discharge of matter, which can be ' 

 seen on examination far down in the ear. j 



AVe have also heard of a dog of six years old 



being cured by having put into his ear a piece 



of mercurial ointment, about the size of a 



horse-bean. Should the cure not be effected 



3q 



in tbo first instance, another Lean ebould 

 follow it shortly. 



Mr. Blaine recommends, for external applica- 

 tione, first, the use of a wash, composed of 

 half a drachm of sugar of lead, dissolved in four 

 ounces of rose or rainwater. "AHiuall tea- 

 spoonful may be introduced, previous! v warmed 

 to a blood-heat, to prevent surprise, night and 

 morning, rubbing the root of the ear at the 

 same time, to promote the entrance of the 

 wash into the cavities. In more obstinate 

 eases, it is prudent to add fifteen or twenty 

 grains of vitriolised zinc (white vitriol) to the 

 wash ; or rather make two distinct articles, and 

 alternate the use of each, which will prevent 

 the chemical decomposition of these medicinal 

 agents, as the suspending menstruum ; and, 

 likewise, instead of water, use a decoction of 

 oak bark, which will greatly promote the end 

 desired. Now and then acetate of copper (ver- 

 digris), mixed with oil, has proved beneficial, 

 when introduced in the same manner. In 

 others, calomel and oil have produced amend- 

 ment, when applied in the same way. We 

 have, also, seen a weak injection of corrosive 

 sublimate succeed, when every other applica- 

 tion has failed. A very mild injection of 

 nitrate of silver, as one grain to two 

 ounces of water, has benefited others ; for in 

 this, as in mange, aud indeed in all skin affec- 

 tions, no one remedy is a universal panacea ; 

 happily, however, there are few cases but will 

 submit to a patient trial of various means." 



Canker on the outside of the flap of the ear, 

 and abscess of the inner surface of the ear-flap, 

 frequently afflict the smooth-eared dogs. For 

 the former, an ointment, composed of equal 

 parts of nitrate of quicksilver and calomine 

 ceruse, is recommended. It should be applied 

 once a day, and care taken, by making use of 

 a sort of head-dress, not to have the ear in- 

 jured by the dog shaking his head. If the 

 canker prove obstinate, however, excision must 

 be resorted to. For the latter, the tumour 

 ought to be opened its whole length, and a 

 pledget of lint introduced, to present too hastv 

 a reunion of the edges of the ear; or a setou 

 should be inserted, and allowed to remain in it 

 for eight or len days. 



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