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cure. The bowels of the animal should be kept gently 

 open with the following alterative, viz : — 



Nitre J drachm, 



Sulphur .... I drachm. 



Mr Mackenzie, of Edinburgh, recommends the 

 dog to have a powerful laxative every second day, 

 and to be rubbed all over with soft soap, and allowed 

 to remain untouched, and then to be well washed with 

 a scrubbing-brush and hot water ; this two or three 

 times repeated will generally effect a cure, unless the 

 disease is of a bad kind. If this fails, an application 

 of common flour of sulphur, in the proportion of one 

 ounce to two ounces of hogs' lard, four drachms of 

 carbolic acid, applied three or four times, will gener- 

 ally prevail. 



We have, however, in obstinate cases, found that 

 they resisted all the above remedies, which rendered 

 it necessary to have recourse to mercurial prepara- 

 tions, which it is always desirable to avoid, if possible. 

 In such cases the animal must be kept very warm. 



to be rubbed with the above for three or four times, 

 every second day, first washing the dog with a strong 

 solution of soda, after the ointment has been applied 

 for tw^elve or fourteen hours. 



The following ointment has also been successfully 

 used for mange : — 



White hellebore-root, powdered . . 6 ounces. 



Sulphur vivum ..... 8 ounces, 



Sal ammoniac, finely powdered . . i ounce. 



Hogs' lard i pound, 



Olive oil ,,..,. I pint. 



