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atives are of great fervice, and frequently prevent 

 the attack of worfe complaints. 



Many fubftances are ufed as alteratives : the com- 

 pound I ufe, I have, from experience, found to be 

 a very excellent one; and I can recommend it 

 ftrongly to the notice of others. It has a place 

 among my ready prepared medicines, where it is 

 called 



Mange Alterative Powder [page 28]. 



CANCER. 

 A cancerous flate of various parts of the body, 

 but particularly of the teats in bitches, is very com-, 

 mon ; and ufually, in them, is brought on by not 

 permitting their breeding. The moft efre6lual cure 

 is to extirpate them ; but it fhould be done by a very 

 Ikilful hand. 



CANKER within the EAR. 



An effufion of blood, or matter, within the ear, 

 called cankery is a very common complaint among 

 dogs, which frequently ends in total deafnefs. The 



Wash for Canker in the Ear [page 29] is a 

 medicine that I never yet found to fail in the cure of 

 this troublefome complaint ; but before I tried this 

 application, all others proved very temporary in 

 their relief. 



