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practitioner to urge the destruction of every dog that 

 has been bitten, or on which any suspicion can rest. 

 Human life is far too valuable to be endangered. 

 There will always be a degree of apprehension and 

 of fear attending the keeping of such a dog ; while 

 the consciousness of not having done that which is 

 perfectly right, will materially lessen the pleasure 

 that should otherwise be felt in having the faithful 

 animal about us. 



Should a human being be bitten by a rabid dog, 

 there fortunately is a remedy which if not an absolute 

 specific very rarely fails. Let the part be washed ; 

 then freely laid open, and every portion of the wound 

 exposed. The surface is next to be well and long 

 rubbed with the nitrate of silver. This salt will form 

 a solid eschar, within which the editor thinks the 

 virus will be imprisoned, and the poison thus be pre- 

 vented tainting the system. 



CHAPTER III. 



CANKER OF THE EAR. 



This is an affection attacking the ear of the dog. 

 The first symptom is shaking of the head ; if that in- 

 dication be unattended to, it is followed by the ani- 

 mal's carrying the head a little on one side, and 

 scratching with violence about the ear. On examin- 

 ing the dog, the projections about the base of the 

 inside of the ear will be found to be a little redder 

 than usual. The interior of the organ will, however, 



