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CANKER on the Outfide of the EAR. 



This, though it bears the fame name, is by no 

 means a fimilar complaint to the former, nor is it fo 

 common. It is an ill-difpofed ulcer on fome part 

 of the flaps of the ear, very commonly on its edge ; 

 though I have at this time, in my Infirmary, a cafe 

 where it exifts on the outer furface of both ears. It 

 proves very difficult of cure, and, unlefs flopped, it 

 fometimes fpreads fo as to deftroy the whole ear. 

 When it affeds the edge of the ear only, it may, 

 after fcraping the whole of the fcab away, be touched 

 with lunar cauftic. Should it, after this, break out 

 again, the befl mode of cure is to cut off the affeded 

 part. When it exifls on the outer or inner furface 

 of the ear, the treatment is not fo eafy ; but here, 

 likewife, fomething mufl be applied that will raife 

 an adive inflammation, as the following: 

 Oil of vitriol, one dram. 

 Lard, four drams. 



Mix, and apply a little over the whole furface of 

 the fore, and then cover the head up, and watch 

 the dog, that he does not tear off the covering, or 

 rub it into his eyes. 



CONDITION. 



The condition of dogs is a point of much import- 

 ance to fportfmen: like horfes, unlefs they are in 

 good condition, they cannot hunt. Condition con- 



