334 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



a time. The dog to be washed after three days. But the compound 

 sulphur ointment itself is a splendid application, and it is not dangerous. 



(3) SKIN COMPLAINTS FROM VERMIN. The treatment is obvious 

 get rid of the cause. 



A$ their diagnosis is so difficult, whenever the dog-owner is in doubt, 

 make certain by treating the dog not only by local applications but 

 constitutionally as well. In addition to good diet, perfect cleanliness 

 of coat, kennel, and all surroundings, and the application of the oint- 

 ment or oil, let the dog have all the fresh air possible, and exercise, 

 but never over-exciting or too fatiguing. Then a course of arsenic 

 seldom fails to do good. 



I do not believe in beginning the exhibition of arsenic too soon. 

 I prefer paying my first attentions to the digestive organs and state of 

 the bowels. The form of exhibition which 1 have found suit as well as 

 any is the tasteless Liquor arsenicalis. It is easily administered. It 

 ought to be given mixed with the food, as it ought to enter the blood 

 with the chyle from the diet. It ought, day by day, to be gradually, 

 not hurriedly, increased. Symptoms of loathing of food and redness 

 of conjunctiva call for the cessation of its use for two or three days at 

 least, when it is to be recommended at the same size of dose given when 

 left off. 



There are two things which assist the arsenic, at least to go well with 

 it ; they are, iron in some form and Virol. The latter will be needed 

 when there is much loss of flesh. A simple pill of sulphate of iron 

 and extract of liquorice may be used. Dose of Liquor arsenicalis 

 from 1 to 6 drops ter die to commence with, gradually increased to 5 

 to 20 drops. 



DANDRUFF. A scaly or scurfy condition of the skin, with more or less 

 of irritation. It is really a shedding of the scaly epidermis brought on 

 by injudicious feeding or want of exercise as a primary cause. The 

 dog, in cases of this kind, needs cooling medicines, such as small doses 

 of the nitrate and chlorates of potash, perhaps less food. Bowels 

 to be seen to by giving plenty of green food, with a morsel of sheep's 

 melt or raw liver occasionally. Wash about once in three weeks, a 

 very little borax in the last water, say a drachm to a gallon. Use 

 mild soap. Never use a very hard brush or sharp comb. Tar soap 

 (Wright's) may be tried. 



PARASITESINTERNAL. 

 Worms. 



We have, roughly speaking, two kinds of worms to treat in the dog : 

 (1) the round, and (2) the tape. 



(1) Round-worms They are in shape and size not unlike the garden 

 worm, but harder, pale, and pointed. 



Symptoms Sometimes these are alarming, for the worm itself 

 is occasionally seized with the mania for foreign travel, and finds its 

 way into the throat or nostrils, causing the dog to become perfectly 

 furious, and inducing such pain and agony that it may seem charity to 

 end its life. The worms may also crawl into the stomach, and give rise 

 to great irritation, but are usually dislodged therefrom by the violence 

 accompanying the act of vomiting. 



