THE DOG. 



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hog's-lard : rub the dog once every day for a week ; 

 let his kennel be kept clean, and fresh straw put in 

 every other day. 



ANOTHER. Take two ounces of fox-glove leaves, 

 put them into a jug, and pour upon them a quart of 

 boiling water: when cold, wash your dog; repeat 

 the washing every other day. A few dressings will 

 cure him. This is perhaps the best, and certainly 

 the cleanest. 



The mange, like the itch in the human species, 

 consists of animalcula, contained in the different 

 small protuberances. If these are not completely 

 destroyed, the disease will re-appear; hence the ne- 

 cessity of repeating the dressing two or three times, 

 even after the animal seems to be cured. 



Though I have mentioned mercurial ointment as 

 a cure for the mange, which it most assuredly is; yet, 

 on account of the danger attending it, I would recom- 

 mend in preference any of the other receipts, but 

 most particularly the last. 



Dogs are sometimes afflicted with convulsions, 

 which may be known by the following symptoms : 

 The tongue hanging out of the animal's mouth, 

 violent trembling in the legs, staggering, and falling. 

 When these symptoms appear, the dog's nose and 

 tongue should be dipped in cold water, and he should 

 be bled. 



I shall now proceed to give a list of disorders, &c. 

 which are obvious at first view, with the methods of 

 cure. 



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