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when early adopted. One of the foilowiiig- balls should be 

 g-iven every day ; in bad cases, twice a day : — 



Burnt sponge 1 dram 



Nitrated potash (nifre) half a dram. 



Make into six, nine, or twelve balls, according- to size, &c. 



Mild mercurial ointment half an ounce 



Blistering ointment half an ounce. 



Mix, and rub the swellings once a day with a portion equal 

 to a hazel nut, or a walnut, according to the size of the dog ; 

 first clipping away the hair, and, after the application, wrap- 

 ping up the neck with a bandage, to prevent the ointment from 

 being rubbed off. During the use of this application, the 

 mouth should be examined now and then, to guard against 

 the sudden attack of salivation. Should this treatment fail 

 to remove the tumour, recourse may be had to the new re- 

 medy Iodine, which has proved very successful in the human 

 goitre. Internally given, it has occasioned the most serious 

 symptoms, and, externally applied, it requires to be atten- 

 tively watched ; consequently it ought to be resorted to only 

 under judicious medical superintendance. 



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Cancer, 



Dogs are subject to tumours, principally of the glandular 

 parts, which exhibit the true schirrous character, being first 

 observed hard and circumscribed ; but, in their gradual in- 

 crease, the skin becomes shining, distended, and discoloured, 

 when ulceration soon follows : and, although the subsequent 

 progress is seldom marked with the virulence of the human 

 carcinomatous ulcerations, yet the resemblance is too striking- 

 not to warrant the same common term of cancer to both 

 these morbid affections. The canine cancer not only pro- 

 ceeds more slowly, but it likewise seldom deranges the gene- 

 ral health, is seldom if ever translated to the lungs, and 

 does not appear to occasion those lancinating pains felt by 



