310 DISEASES OF DOGS. 



it may appear to inconvenience the animal and to 

 clog" the canal, nevertheless must not be washed away 

 under any notion of cleanliness. 



RECIPE (No. l). 



Wash for Canker in the Ear. 



Take — Liquor plurabi, 



To be used thrice daily ; 

 Fill the cavity of the ear with the preparation, and throw the 

 dog from you. 



No creature can be more submissive than the dog, 

 when its fears are not excited. Be gentle, and the 

 animal will allow you to do as you please. But 

 exert violence, and it will require another person to 

 restrain the sufferer, and even then the object desired 

 is seldom fully accomplished. If it is cold weather, 

 warm the medicine by placing it upright in a basin 

 of hot water. In summer no such care will be needed. 



Call the dog to you. Having the bottle in one 

 hand, throw back the flap of the ear with the other, at 

 the same time steadying the head. Then using the 

 phial, fill the ear with the preparation, and imme- 

 diately cover it with the flap. Either then proceed to 

 apply the liquid to the other ear, or should that be 

 unnecessary, fling the animal from you and retreat 

 yourself to the furthest point possible. 



The reason for the last advice is because the dog, 

 feeling some substance to be within the ear, imme- 

 diately and violently shakes the head to remove it. 

 The liquor plumbi is by this action scattered about, 

 and wherever it falls there will remain a white spot. 

 The medicine is lead dissolved ; but by the action of 



