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morning until satisfied that the wound is cleansed; where it is practicable, 

 always insert sutures to keep the edges together. 



"As I have already said, dry dressings are the most successful, such as car- 

 bolized tow, and gauze (Listers' carbolized gauze) with a pledget of tow over it, 

 kept in position by a bandage. In some situations this is not possible. The 

 wound should be dressed night and morning with carbolic lotion: Carbolic acid 

 1 part, water 20 parts, with a little glycerine added. Or a saturated solution of 

 boracic acid will do equally as well." , 



SPKATT'S PATENT makes an article called LOCURIUM, a salve that is the 

 greatest healer for any kind of a sore that I ever used, and I would not be 

 without it in my kennel. I can isend this by mail for fifty cents. 



WARTS are rather common on the dog, occurring on the lips, ears, inside of 

 the mouth, and appear singly or in clusters. They can be removed by a ligature 

 tied tightly around the root as close to the skin as possible. Another method is by 

 a scalpel, the blade held flat on the skin at the root of the wart cut through 

 the raw surface being then cauterized. "The hot iron or actual cautery, although 

 for the time the most painful, is after all (says DALZIEL) the best and safest." 

 Neither potassae fusa>, nitric acid, or nitrate of silver can be safely used, because 

 the dog's tongue would surely sweep the injured lip, the consequence being the 

 caustic in part would be transferred to the tongue, which would peel as the 

 result. If used, the jaws must be so tightly bound that the teeth are held 

 together, so the tongue cannot protrude. 



The warts often grow in clusters, and the difficulty of dealing with them 

 then is greatly increased. An application of bicarbonate of soda has proved 

 effectual in some cases. i 



WORMING THE TONGUE. A silly idea that may still exist in some isolated 

 nook or muddled brain, that a dog has a worm under its tongue, the removal of 

 which is called "worming," and which is supposed by idiots to do great good, 

 such as to prevent the dog from biting, should he ever become mad? Operation 

 consisted in cutting the bridle of the tongue and pulling out a small ligament, 

 which contracts and curls up like a worm. Anyone so ignorant should have 

 the same operation performed on their own tongue, to see how cruel, ridiculous 

 and uncalled for is such an idea. Equally as silly is a similar operation as to 

 removing a worm from the tail of a dog. 



WATER IN CHEST, See DROPSY. 



WRENCHED BACK. Some months ago a party wrote me: "RJy dog has 

 wrenched his back (by jumping off of a high table), about six inches from his 

 tail, and it hurts him to walk up the steps. He gives sharp cries of pain quite 

 often and holds his hindquarters on a droop." 



I advised as follows, and the dog was cured. "Take three ordinary coffee cups 

 of water, add one coffee cup each of strong vinegar and salt. Heat to as hot as 

 you can just stand your hand in, then take red flannel cloth, dip in this, wring 

 out and lay over 'parts, repeating as cloth gets cold, keeping this up for three 

 hours. As dog gets better and pain leaves, then use a soap liniment or a chloro 

 form liniment that your druggist can furnish." 



WORMS. All dogs are born with worms; some few get through without 

 treatment, like some children do, but every puppy I have ever bred was treated 



