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among us for many years. The common mange, which we used to think 

 we could easily grapple with, was now little seen : even the usual red 

 mange with the fox-coloured stain was not of more frequent occurrence 

 than usual, but an intolerable itchiness with comparatively little redness 

 of skin, and rarely sufficient to account for the torture which the animal 

 seemed to endure, and often with not the slightest discoloration of the 

 integument, came before us almost every day, and under its influence the 

 dog became ill tempered, dispirited, and emaciated, until he sunk under its 

 influence. All unguents were thrown away here. Lotions of corrosive 

 sublimate, decoction of bark, infusion of digitalis or tobacco, effected some 

 little good, but the persevering use of the iodide of potassium, purgatives, 

 and the abstraction of blood very generally succeeded. 



The sudden appearance of redness of the skin, and exudation from it, 

 and actual sores attending the falling off of the hair, and itching, that 

 seemed to be intolerable, have also been prevalent to an unprecedented 

 extent. This mange, however, is to a certain degree manageable. A dose 

 or two of physic should be given, with an application of a calamine powder, 

 and the administration of the iodide of potassium. 



Mr. Blaine gives a most valuable account of mange in the dog, part of 

 which I shall quote somewhat at length. Mange exerts a morbid consti- 

 tutional action on the skin ; it is infectious from various miasmata, and 

 it is contagious from personal communication. In some animals it may be 

 produced by momentary contact : it descends to other animals of various 

 descriptions ; there is no doubt that it is occasionally hereditary : it is 

 generated by effluvia of many various kinds ; almost every kind of rancid 

 or stimulating food is the parent of it. High living with little exercise 

 is a frequent cause of it, and the near approach of starvation is not unfa- 

 vourable to it. The scabby mange is the common form under which it 

 generally appears. In red mange the whole integument is in a state of 

 acute inflammation ; surfeit, or blotches, a kind of cuticular eruption 

 breaks out on particular parts of the body without the slightest notice, 

 and, worse than all, a direct febrile attack, with swelling and ulceration, 

 occurs under which the dog evidently suffers peculiar heat and pain. Last 

 of all comes local mange. Almost every eruptive disease, whether arising 

 from the eye, the ear, the scrotum, or the feet, is injurious to the 

 quality as well as the health of every sporting dog : the scent invariably 

 becomes diseased, and the general powers are impaired. 



There are several accounts of persons who, having handled mangy dogs, 

 have been affected with an eruption very similar to the mange. A gentle- 

 man and his wife who had been in the habit of fondling a mangy pug dog, 

 were almost covered with an eruption resembling mange. Several of my 

 servants in the dog-hospital have experienced a similar attack ; and the 

 disease was once communicated to a horse by a cat that was accustomed 

 to lie on his back as he stood in the stall. 



WARTS. 



These are often unpleasant things to have to do with. A Newfoundland 

 dog had the whole of the inside of his mouth lined with warts. I applied 

 the following caustic : Hyd. sub-corrosivi sj., acidi mur. 3, alcoholis 

 jiiij., aquee 31 j. The warts were touched twice every day, and in less 

 than a fortnight they had all disappeared. 



Another dog had its mouth filled with warts, and the above solution was 



