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THE DOG IN HEALTH. 



known, if not well understood, to trainers of men and 

 other animals for feats of speed, etc. 



There can be no doubt that these influences, carried in 

 to the nervous centers from the skin in grooming and 



massage, are reflected to all 

 the organs and tissues of the 

 body, and serve as the very 

 best sort of a regulator or 

 natural tonic. 



These means are espe- 

 cially valuable just after ex- 

 ercise, and on those days 

 when the weather does not 

 permit of the animals being 

 taken into the fields or on 

 the highways. 



The larger breeds of dogs 

 that carry a heavy coat are 

 apt to suffer from the heat 

 of summer. When these 

 animals can not be taken to 

 some natural body of water 

 for a bath, it is a comfort 

 to them to supply an arti- 

 ficial bath into which they 

 can themselves go as they 

 feel inclined. It requires a 

 little study to manage this, and at the same time not allow 

 the dogs to get into dirt afterward. A grass run is very 

 valuable in such a case. The excess of oil in the coats of 

 these breeds makes them resisting to water, and they are 



Fig. f).— Sudoriparous Glands. 1 x 20 

 (after Sappey). 



1,1, epidermis ; 2, 2, mucous layer ; 3, 3, 

 papillae ; 4, 4, derma ; 5, 5, subcu- 

 taneous areolar tissue ; 6, 6, 6, 6, 

 sudoriparous glands ; 7, 7, adipose 

 vesicles; 8, 8, excretory ducts in der- 

 ma ; 9, 9, excretory ducts divided. 



