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 rlor to all obstacles for his recovery, I would recoiii' 

 mend that tlie dog be kept dressed with the Ointment, 

 even though iie inay have little breaking out, for six 

 months or even longer. I have known this cure the 

 most obstinate mange I ever saw, by wearing out the 

 disposition to it. 



Dogs frequently have rnange from improper food ; 

 this shews tiie necessity of giving that which is clean 

 and pure. In those who are fat, the food should be 

 altered to a vegetable diet. See the article Feeding. 

 In dogs brought from abroad, there is often contract- 

 ed on board the ship a very bad mange, from the 

 salt provisions, and which proves very difficult of 

 cure. This shews that salt is bad for them ; though 

 salt pot liquor is sometimes given to sporting dogs for 

 weeks together. Mange in old dogs verj frequently 

 ends in dropsy. 



PALSY. 



Palsy is a complaint to which dogs are very liable 

 from a variety of causes. Universal palsy sometimes 

 affects dogs who are mad ; more commonly tbey are 

 only palsied in the loins and hind legs in this dreadful 

 malady. In distemper there is very often universal 

 palsy : sometimes the hinder parts are only affected. 

 An accident, as being run over, &c. is often the means 

 of bringing on palsy. One of the most common pal- 

 sies of dogs is that which is brought on by rheuma- 

 tism, which see. Accordinsj to its origin so must the 

 treatment be varied, and this will be found by having 

 .recourse to the various articles conoected with it ia 

 this treatise. 



