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flammation followed, and the eye gradually wasted away. 

 In other cases I have blown calomel into the eye, but with- 

 out apparent benefit, except in one instance, where the owner 

 g-rew tired of the trouble, and destroyed the dog before the 

 precise elTect could be ascertained. I have also tried electri- 

 city, setons, and blisters, but with no better success. 



Eyelids, ulcerated. 



There is now and then met with a mangy affection, con- 

 fined to the eyelids, which is attended with ulceration, and a 

 loss of hair. It may be generally removed by an ointment of 

 the following kind : — 



Ointment of nitrated quicksilver 1 dram 



Superacetate of lead {sugar of lead) 20 grains 



Spermaceti ointment 3 drams. 



Anoint the parts, night and morning, lightly with this, 

 watching' the dog afterwards that he does not rub it into 

 his eyes. Internal medicines will also assist the cure.^ — See 

 Mange. 



Fatness, excessive. 



This is a most common complaint among dogs. A proper 

 plumpness of appearance denotes health ; but when the ani- 

 mal oil, called fat, becomes inordinately disproportionate to 

 the rest of the parts of the body, it proves a source of nu- 

 merous diseases. The natural tendency of dogs to obesity is 

 considerable ; for any dog may be made fat by excessive feed- 

 ing and little exercise. Provided the accumulation has been 

 quick, the dog may be reduced to his former state without 

 prejudice ; but, when a dog gradually accumulates much fat 

 from over-feeding and indulgence, then the obesity becomes 

 so completely a disease, that even exercise and abstinence 



