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highly, and occasionally dosed with Epsom salts or 

 jalap, when their bowels are out of order, or their eyes 

 look unnatural, not given much meat while young, and 

 kept from going into the water at too early an age, 

 will often ward off this scourge of the race. 



Dogs are sometimes troubled with Skin affections 

 such as mange and eczema, both are thought to 

 have their origin in errors in feeding and partic- 

 ularly in the former, from want of due attention to 

 cleanliness. I have found the following, which 

 we have always kept ready for use, to apply a 

 little if required, a certain cure, if persevered with. 

 Equal quantities of train oil and paraffin and a 

 tablespoonful of black sulphur to each quart of the 

 mixture applied freely to the affected parts, every other 

 day with a piece of sponge. If the attack is very slight, 

 a little sulphur ointment made by mixing sufficient 

 Flowers of Sulphur, with hog's lard, to make a fairly 

 firm ointment, and rub on this two or three times a 

 week, where the cause arises. A small dose of Epsom 

 salts will be beneficial. 



Canker in the ear is troublesome, particularly 

 with the breeds having large ears, a little alum 

 and water is advised as a wash for the ears, into 

 which it should be poured, and the flaps closed 

 over and rubbed gently; but I have personally found 

 a little " Hippacea " (procurable at most chemists), 

 which is a rather moist ointment, rubbed inside the af- 

 fected parts, give much relief. 



Fits are often caused, either by distemper or worms, 

 they are always alarming, particularly when they 



