Irritation] io 3 [Jaundice 



doubt all dogs are better for having something 

 hard to gnaw once a day. It preserves the teeth, 

 hardens the gums, and assists digestion. 



Animal Kreochyle is an excellent extract of 

 meat for use in cases of great weakness, the result 

 of distemper or from any other disease. It is 

 also an excellent remedy in stomach disorders 

 accompanied by sickness. Dogs, as a rule, take 

 Kreochyle very readily, and it is easily digested 

 and assimilated. 



Irritation of Skin : 



Symptoms : Constantly scratching, biting, and 

 licking the skin, which when examined, there is 

 often nothing to be seen. The condition occurs 

 in hot weather, especially during the shedding of 

 the old coat. 



Treatment : Give a sulphur bath made by 

 dissolving one ounce sulphurated potash in a 

 pail of tepid water ; repeat every two or three 

 days. If this does not give relief, bathe the 

 dog in a warm solution of borax, one table- 

 spoonful to a gallon of water. Give saline 

 aperient medicine, as Dinneford's fluid mag- 

 nesia, to small dogs, and Epsom salts to large 

 ones. A meat diet is often beneficial in these 

 cases, but sometimes it increases the irritation ; 

 then, of course, it must be avoided, and other 

 food with green vegetables substituted. 



Itch : See Mange. 



Jaundice : 



Symptoms : Generally the result of congestion 

 of the liver, caused by chill ; may be due to 

 impaction of the duct with a bile stone, or 



