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general requires to be laid open to the bottom, and to 

 be stimulated with oil of turpentine, or with tincture 

 of Spanish flies, daily, till the foul diseased bone or 

 ligament is throAvn off, when a healing process will 

 immediately commence." The plan I have always 

 pursued, has been the following ; in some instances I 

 have effected a cure; but I have frequently seen 

 hounds so diseased as to baffle the most indefatigable 

 perseverance : first cut open to the bottom of the 

 sinus, and dress very lightly with butter of antimony, 

 once in four or five days. Care should be taken not 

 to use too much of this severe application, as it will 

 destroy the flesh and increase the evil. I once had a 

 hound named Waterloo, whose leg became fistulous to 

 the utmost degree, from the effect of a bite in the knee ; 

 as soon as I cured it in one place in the front, another 

 broke out at the back, and his limb was like a honey- 

 comb up to the very shoulder. As he ran sound, I 

 kept him at work for three months, when a complete 

 cure was eflfected by the above treatment, added to 

 frequent mild doses of medicine ; he rested occasionafly 

 on account of the inflammation caused by the dressing ; 

 but the work itself, by invigorating his constitution, 

 was no doubt one great cause of his recovery. 



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Hounds are frequently afflicted with a swelling in 

 their necks, not unlike the mumps ; and at other times 

 we find them attacked with inflammatory sore throat ; 

 it is very similar to that disease which among human 

 beings is appropriately designated by the name of 

 " Cynanche Tonsilaris," from ^uwv a dog and "''X'^ to 



