Ringworm] -74 [Ringworm 



when much below their normal size and weight, 

 and badly crippled, should be destroyed. When 

 it is decided to treat a case, give worm medicine, 

 also some chemical food, from ten drops * to a tea- 

 spoonful twice a day after eating, either in water 

 or mixed with cod-liver oil. Bathe the limbs with 

 sea water, or a solution of sea salt twice a day; 

 but if very weak, bandage with strips of adhesive 

 plaster, applied so that it does not interfere with 

 the bending of the joints. The puppy should 

 live out of doors, in a big gravelled yard if 

 possible, and where there are people about to 

 attract attention and to encourage movement. 

 Give plenty of raw meat on a bone, if possible 

 — the act of gnawing it off much improves the 

 digestion ; also give Spratt's malt and cod-liver 

 oil biscuits, dry, as well as soaked in good soup. 

 The puppy may have milk to drink instead of 

 water. No treatment is of any use without 

 fresh air, sunshine, and liberty. 



Ringworm : 



Symptoms : Almost bare and nearly circular 

 patches of skin, which is rough and scaly, and 

 sometimes there are a few small red pimples on 

 the places and a few short stumps of broken hair. 

 The disease is very contagious to other animals, 

 and also to people. Rats and mice are very 

 subject to ringworm, and frequently infect dogs. 



Treatment : Dress all the spots daily with 

 sulphurated calcium lotion, applied with a brush. 

 After a week, dress the spots daily with borate of 

 glycerine. 



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



