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bowels will also need attention as already referred to 

 in preceding paragraphs. 



Subsequejit treaitneiit for Sprams is carried out as 

 follows : When the heat, pain, and inflammation are 

 subdued the parts may be smartly rubbed two or three 

 times daily by the hand, using soap liniment seven parts, 

 and laudanum one part. Five or six minutes may 

 suffice for the operation, the last portions being rubbed 

 to dryness of the hair, &c. When swelling or thickening 

 remains, and is cool, the following liniment should be 

 employed : Soap liniment four ounces, tincture of 

 iodine one ounce. Apply morning and evening with 

 friction as already directed. 



Lameness of the Feet arises from several causes. 

 Foot-foiinder consists of inflammation of the skin between 

 the balls or pads, arising from the irritation of dust, 

 sand, or wet, during long and tedious journeys, especially 

 in dogs which have been at rest some time. It is also a 

 common result of "frost-bite." In such instance the 

 resulting pain and fever are sufficient to throw the dog 

 off work entirely for some time. 



House a?td Pet Dogs likewise suffer from a similar but 

 slightly chronic form by long confinement indoors, in 

 which indigestion and the irritation from the heat and 

 dust of carpets equally contribute. The disease has been 

 facetiously termed "carpet fever," as indicating the 

 systemic character, the accompaniments being redness, 

 soreness, and pain of the skin in the spaces between the 

 pads. A cure is effected in these foot diseases by first 

 opening the bowels, and applying several times daily a 

 lotion of zinc or alum in slight cases. The " Sanitas " 

 Jelly also answers well for the purpose. When the pain 

 is severe, and fever runs high, the hot spongio-piline 

 poultice is the best application frequently renewed, after 

 a patient fomentation with hot water, or a hot bath in 

 which the animal may be placed if able to stand. As 

 soon as he is able to walk, he should wear boots or some 

 other protection until the feet assume their former cool- 

 ness and hardness. The disease is apt to recur on 

 application of the causes. 



