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sprinkled with a little turpentine, or what is 

 left of the dip, it will be found sufficiently po- 

 tent to exterminate or drive them away, and 

 a flea will never be found on the premises. 



Eczema 



Eczema, frequently mistaken for mange, is, 

 however, entirely different, and can only be 

 cured by constitutional treatment requiring 

 time and patience. For several years my dif- 

 ferent kennelmen were constantly treating the 

 hounds for mange, and only after employing 

 the microscope discovered it was eczema. It 

 is non-contagious, is an individual disease, and 

 is never transmitted. It is caused by lack of 

 exercise, constipation, overfeeding, injurious 

 foods, and indigestion, few packs being exempt 

 from it In a majority of cases of eczema in 

 hounds, it is caused from the continued use of 

 starchy foods, while mange is aggravated by 

 feeding too much flesh. 



Therefore, in either case, the first step is to 

 change the food. If this cannot be accom- 

 plished, add ten grains of hyposulphite of soda 

 for each hound in the kennel, in cooking the 

 food. If for individual cases, Fowler's solu- 

 tion of arsenic will effect a cure ; give six drops 



