82 THE CAT 



As an external application use the following 

 dressing daily : 



Creosote I drachm. 



Oil of tar I 



Methylated spirits . . 8 ounces. 

 Mix. 



In dry forms of eczema, tarry preparations are 

 the best, and in the moist forms drying powders 

 are often useful. As a simple application for the 

 latter, boracic acid is useful, and should be dusted 

 on daily. 



Mange. 



This is an ambiguous term, and various forms of 

 skin diseases are included under it ; thus we have 

 red mange, blotch, etc., but it is better to reserve the 

 term mange for such skin diseases as are induced by 

 parasites, living upon, or burrowing into the skin, 

 of which there are several varieties infesting the 

 cat, the principal one being known as the Sarcoptic 

 Mange Parasite (Saracoptis Cati), which lives upon 

 the skin, inducing severe irritation, redness, and 

 loss of hair. The parasites, or their eggs, may be 

 conveyed directly, from one cat to another by 

 contact, or by indirect transference, such as through 

 the medium of chair-cushions, sleeping - places, 

 travelling-hampers, show pens, etc., and one mangy 

 cat may often be the means of spreading the 

 complaint throughout a whole neighbourhood. 



