Lips] I 7 I [Liver 



A Liniment for Chronic Sprains, Enlarged 

 Joints, and Glands : 



Colourless Tincture Iodine, - 2 ounces. 



Soap Liniment, - - - - 2 ounces. 



Mix. 



Apply with friction once a day. 

 Lips (Cracked) : 



Symptoms: The lips along the edges become 

 dry, thick, and crack as the result of eczema. 



Treatment : Paint once or twice a day with 

 sulphurated calcium lotion ; when cracks healed, 

 anoint with boracic ointment. Give cooling 

 medicine, as bicarbonate of potash and sulphate 

 of magnesia, from two to ten grains of each, 1 

 twice a day with food. 



Lips (Sore) : 



Symptoms : Unhealthy-looking ulcers assuming 

 the form of cancer or lupus occasionally form on 

 the lips. 



Treatment : Clean frequently with a saturated 

 solution of boracic acid, and paint the ulcer with 

 a twenty-five per cent, solution of chromic acid 

 twice a week. 



Liver (Sluggish) : 



Symptoms : Indifferent appetite and loss of 

 condition, the coat staring ; bowels constipated, 

 and the motions white or slate colour. Dog- 

 vomits in the morning. Tongue white and 

 coated, and the breath foul. Eyes congested. 



Treatment : Give from one to six grains 1 of 

 grey powder, which repeat in a few days ; also 

 give a course of the following : — 



1 According to the size of the dog. See p. 86. 



