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Blisters to the sides, as sometimes advised, are bad, as they cause soreness 

 and increase the pain in breathing. Hot linseed poultices should alone be em- 

 ployed throughout the day and night. If the fever is high, give % to 1 drop of 

 tincture of aconite every fifteen minutes for two hours, then hourly for eight hours. 



Dogs recovering from this disease are always very weak, and require very 

 great care to prevent a relapse, even when all danger appears to be gone. Only 

 the most gentle exercise should be allowed at first, and fine weather selected for 

 it. The dog will require nourishing diet, which should be plain, and consist 

 for a time of broths, etc., a return to solid food being gradual. The dog will at 

 this stage be greatly benefited by tonics, and to build him up use either Ser- 

 geant's, Dent's, Glover's or Clayton's Condition Pills; all are good. fi i <M 



MANGE. A troublesome, and, in some forms, the most loathsome disease met 

 with in the dog, occurring in so many forms as to be not always easy of distinc- 

 tion. The trouble with too many dog owners is, that, when any skin trouble ap- 

 pears they are most likely to call it Mange. Mange and Eczema are too often 

 confounded, and, as there is a decided difference, mange being a skin trouble, due 

 to a parasite, while eczema is a blood trouble, the two diseases require different 

 treatment. The 'term mange, as applied to animals, is identical with itch in the 

 human race, in both of which exist parasite life in the skin, and is a cutaneous 

 disease. The very pronounced distinction between true mange and eczema, and 

 other causes of irritation of the skin, is that mange is caused by a parasite 

 invisible to the naked eye, and that it is transferable by contact, from one animal 

 to another, while eczema, blotch, surfiet or red mange, is not. And, while a 

 whole kennel may be suffering from the latter complaints, it must be because 

 all have been subjected to conditions of life occasioning derangement of the sys- 

 tem, eczema remains an individual disease, and is never transmitted. True mange 

 resembles itch in man, as it is due to a small parasite that burrows or tunnels 

 through the skin in all directions, drawing its nourishment therefrom. The 

 female deposits her eggs in the canals formed, which hatch out in about two 

 weeks; the young continue burrowing and occasion intense itching. True mange 

 is entirely a local affection, and the uneasiness and loss of sleep causes the 

 animal to continually scratch and bite itself in its vain efforts to allay the intol- 

 erable pain and itching. This has a very debilitating effect upon the system, 

 and will soon transform a healthy and sleek coated pet into a loathsome object. 



The cause is invariably the result of having met some dog or other animal 

 that was affected with mange. One dog meeting another or occupying his kennel 

 or sleeping quarters, or being shipped in a crate that was used by a dog with 

 mange, will surely contract it. Absolute cleanliness is necessary in the treatment 

 of mange. When your dog ishows signs of mange, remove it immediately from its 

 quarters to new ones, burn the bedding it has used, wash its kennel with boiling 

 water, to which has been added the STANDARD DISINFECTANT, or SANITAS (See 

 advertisement of both in this book). Either one, if thoroughly applied, will 

 destroy every parasite in the kennel. 



Now give your dog a good bath with EBERHART'S DOG SOAP, using quite as 

 warm water as the dog can stand, cleansing its entire body and opening the pores 

 of the skin. After drying the dog thoroughly, then apply EBERHART'S SKIN CURE 

 all over the dog, rubbing it in well with your hands and not missing a spot on the 

 dog's body, for if you do you leave some parasites a very busy and industrious 

 pest they are and in a day later many new-born ones would be hard at work 

 again. Take plenty of time in putting on this skin cure, using "plenty of 



