Hare Li 1 44 [Heart 



of water, or a lotion made with a teaspoonful 

 of powdered alum dissolved in half a pint of 

 tepid water, but used cold. When the skin is 

 broken apply the following ointment : — 



Recipe : 



Hydrochlorate of Cocaine, - 4 grains. 



Goulard's Extract of Lead, - 10 minims. 



Lanoline, 2 drachms. 



Water, ----- 2 drachms. 

 Mix. 



Aperient medicine should be given. 



Hare Lip : See Congenital Deformities. 

 Harvest Bugs : 



Symptoms : A collection of very small red 

 insects looking almost like red sand on different 

 parts of the body and limbs, causing irritation and 

 scratching. 



Treatment : Washing the parts daily for a few 

 days with kerosene one part, and butter milk six 

 parts, mixed together ; or Pearson's disinfectant 

 fluid diluted eighty times with water will destroy 

 them. 



Heart Disease : 



Symptoms : Heart affections are not particularly 

 common in the dog, except perhaps in Japanese 

 spaniels, and I should think at least a third of 

 these dogs, by the time they are five years old, 

 suffer from some form of heart trouble, principally 

 valvular or dilated heart, which gives rise to 

 difficulty in breathing, especially after exertion, 

 a dry cough, occasionally fainting and loss of 

 condition. Later, as the disease progresses, other 



