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egg. A teaspoonful given two or three times a day will often 

 have the desired effect when all other remedies have failed. 



I have been told that for diarrhoea there is nothing to 

 equal Bragg's Charcoal, given night and morning. About a 

 quarter of a teaspoonful is sufficient, mixed in a little water. 



Dry arrowroot will often check diarrhoea if given in the 

 early stages. Never allow a cat or kitten to continue long 

 with this weakening ailment. 



Skin Complaints 



Doubtless many of my readers have discovered from time 

 to time little dry scurvy spots upon their cats. These come 

 from heated blood and are easily cured. Ask your chemist 

 to make up an ointment of equal proportions of sulphur and 

 vaseline, apply this for two or three consecutive days, then 

 use a small tooth comb and the roughness will come away. 



A very troublesome and infectious complaint is black 

 eczema or ringworm. This appears in round dark patches 

 on the skin, causing the fur to come off. There is a sort of 

 coating of black scurf, and this gradually spreads. If taken 

 in time the disease is easily cured. Mr. A. Ward has a 

 strong solution which should be applied about three or four 

 days running. Then use a small tooth comb, and the 

 black scaly surface comes away. The hair quickly grows 

 again, and the cat's health seems in no way to suffer. 



Jaundice is not a common complaint amongst cats, but 

 you may be sure if the eyes become glassy looking and the 

 whites turn a yellow colour that there is serious mischief in 

 the region of the liver, and your cat needs a strong 

 aperient. 



I have been told by an experienced fancier and breeder 

 that it is a sure sign that a cat has internal eczema if she 

 eats or gnaws at her kittens. A cat might look healthy and 

 fat and well, and have fine kittens, but they will dwindle 



