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which heal up and disappear in a few days; his appetite is good. I feed him 

 corn bread and milk, table scraps and a little cooked meat. He grows fast and 

 is fat enough. I keep him tied except for an hour or so each day. Please name 

 disease and prescribe. 



Answer. Urticaria, nettle rash; stop feeding corn and substitute cooked 

 turnips, beets and cabbage; take oil of tar four ounces, alcohol four ounces, cot- 

 tonseed oil eight ounces, mix and apply all over the body for six consecutive days, 

 giving a bath on the seventh day; repeat treatment if necesyary. For four con- 

 secutive mornings give one ounce of castor oil <and twenty drops of cascara 

 segrada. 



SORE FEET. What can I do for my beagle bitch, two and a half years old, 

 who eats well and seems well, but her feet get sore, sometimes between the toes 

 and (sometimes under the toes? 



Answer. Make a strong decoction of white oak bark, and bathe the feet with 

 it twice daily. 



SORE ON EAR. My dog has a large sore on the outside of his ear, caused by 

 constant rubbing. What would you prescribe? I have used carbolic salve, but 

 this seems to make him want to scratch all the more. I have tied his hind legs 

 together but he bites off the cord, and when I put anything over his head he 

 works it off. 



Answer. Cleanse the sore with warm water and soap, and apply the 

 tincture of iodine once, or use SPRATT'S LOCURIUM, a great healer. 



To DRY UP MILK. My bitch's puppies died at birth. What shall I do? Bitch 

 has bag full of milk. 



Answer. Rub the bag with camphorated oil, especially if the teats are hard- 

 ened. Another remedy is alcohol, four ounces to a quart of water. Do not draw 

 off the milk now, as that encourages the secretion. (See also CAKED BREAST.) 



SORES ox HIPS AND HOCKS. Setter has sores on hips and hocks; has been 

 troubled with them some time. 



Answer. Apply boracic acid ointment. (See also SORES.) 



GOITRE. I have on my hands what I suppose is a case of goitre; the dog is 

 five months old, but the protuberance on the throat is developing very rapidly. 

 What can I do to remove it as speedily as possible without injury? 



Answer. Paint his feet with a solution of sulphate of copper, one dram to 

 and if a fair-sized dog, two grains of iodide of potash three times a day for two 

 weeks. (See GOITRE.) 



SORE FEET. My English setter dog, three years old, feet get sore when I work 

 him; they get feverish and matter is discharged from between the toes. What 

 shall I do? 



Answer. Paint with iodine and give internally, if a small dog, one grain, 

 the ounce of water, (tiee SORE FEET.) 



ANTIDOTE FOR STRYCHNINE POISONING. What would be the most effective 

 antidote one could carry while on a hunt in case of strychnine poisoning of the 

 dogs? 



Answer. Give an emetic if possible, then give from twenty to thirty grains 

 of chloral hydrate, administered by the rectum; after giving the injection, bring 

 pressure on the anus to prevent its expulsion. (See POISONING.) 



