8o THE CAT 



are other cats upon the premises, to isolate the 

 affected animal. 



Burns and Scalds both produce a variable degree 

 of erythema, and the skin should be dressed with 

 a cream composed of equal parts of chalk and lime 

 water, containing the addition of a little camphor. 



Treatment of Erythema. 



Dress the bare places with a little zinc cream, 

 made by adding a couple of drachms of oxide of 

 zinc to every 2 ounces of lime water, but black 

 wash is a very good remedy for this and allied 

 diseases. Any chemist will dispense this lotion. 



For smoothed-haired cats, there is nothing better 

 than equal parts of boracic acid ointment and zinc 

 ointment, to every 2 ounces of which 20 drops of 

 oil of tar has been added. 



It is generally advisable to give half a teaspoon- 

 ful of liquid extract of sacred bark, say twice a 

 fortnight, or, better still, a little liver pill about 

 once a week. 



Feed on meat either raw or cooked. 



Eczema. 



All sorts of skin complaints have been classified 

 under this title, which, to say the least, is some- 

 what ambiguous, though one may put it that the 

 cat suffers from both acute and chronic forms of 

 eczema. 



