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piration of that period the dog may be washed. The 

 proof of a cure having been perfected, will be the 

 cleansing away of all the scabs ; the wholesome and 

 natural appearance of the skin, and the cessation of 

 the itching. 



In red mange there is seldom any scabbiness, but 

 intense redness with heat, and itchiness of the skin ; 

 more particularly on the belly, the flanks, and the 

 inside of the thighs. A mild dose of castor oil should 

 precede other measures. The food should be spare in 

 quantity, but nourishing in quality, and the following 

 drops should be administered in syrup thrice daily. 



RECIPE (No. 19). 



Drops to act on the Skin. 



Take — Liquor arsenicalis, two parts ; 



Muriated tincture of iron, three parts. 

 Two, five, or ten drops, according to size, to be given at the 

 periods stated. 



The treatment should be exactly similar to that 

 just described. The exercise and lodging, however, 

 should be especially scrupulously attended to; the bed, 

 besides being frequently changed, should be always 

 scrupulously clean. The drops should also be regu- 

 larly given, and after a fortnight the amount may be 

 increased until the appetite is destroyed. Then . a 

 pause of two or three days should be permitted, after 

 which the medicine should be resumed, one drop less 

 than the maximum dose being given. Another fort- 

 night having elapsed, the medicine may again be 

 increased, and the former line of conduct literally 

 repeated. Also place the following on the skin of 

 the dog. 



