NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DOG. 125 



MANGE 



Is of three kinds the common mange, red mange, and 

 scabby mange. 



Common mange is too well known to need description. It 

 readily yields to cleanliness, with small alterative doses of 

 sulphur and nitre given daily. If neglected, it runs into 

 scabby mange ; the skin breaks out into blotches ; the dog 

 becomes emaciated ; the belly hard and swollen ; and death 

 will sooner or later ensue. Use aperient medicine for a day 

 or two ; then for a week give the alterative medicines above 

 mentioned ; after which have the animal well washed with 

 soft soap and warm water ; then rub his entire body with the 

 following : 



Train Oil ... One Pint, 



Turpentine . . . One Ounce, 



Naphtha . . . One Ounce, 



Oil of Tar . . . One Ounce, 



Soot . . . One Ounce, 



and Sulphur in powder sufficient to make the stuff of a 



proper consistence. 



This is to remain on the dog for three days, during which 

 time he must be kept dry and warm, and fed sparingly ; let 

 it be washed off on the fourth day, with soft soap and warm 

 water, in which some common washing-soda has been dis- 

 solved ; give clean straw, plenty of exercise, and cooling diet, 

 and the dog will speedily get well. 



This mode of treatment will apply to red, mange also ; but 

 in its case, a little mercurial ointment may be added to the 

 above preparation. 



Puppies are very liable to display a mangy-looking coat, at 

 the age of from two to four months. The hair falls off in 

 spots, and the skin becomes itchy, dry, and scaly. This is 

 not genuine mange ; but if neglected is apt to run into it. 

 At this early stage it is easily cured, by washing with soft 

 soap and water, and change of bedding ; giving also a little 

 sulphur in the food daily, and in very minute quantities. 

 This appears to me to be only an effort of nature to throw off 

 the old or puppy coat of hair, and assume the new one. 



Change of feeding is serviceable in the treatment of mange ; 

 but it is a mistake to suppose that this must always be to a re- 

 duced regimen. In many cases, mange is only the offspring 



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