132 CURING RED MANGE 



nothing more or less than the red mange, which is so 

 difficult to cure. This disorder is very distinct from the 

 common eruption so frequent in dogs, and of a most 

 inflammatory character, although not contagious, unless 

 dogs are penned up very closely together. I possessed 

 two fox-hounds once, which were sent to me as incurable ; 

 and they were most miserable animals when brought to 

 my kennel, with scarcely any hair on their bodies, and 

 altogether in a most disgusting state, covered all over 

 with fiery eruptions, and with pustules discharging 

 offensive matter. One of these hounds, a dog named 

 Gamboy (of Mr. Warde's blood, and coming direct from his 

 kennel), I cured so effectually within a few months, that 

 he never broke out in a similar manner again, and was, 

 to the day of his death, one of the cleanest hounds in the 

 pack. The other (his sister), named Grievous, would 

 occasionally break out into a rash at the spring of the 

 year, which was easily checked by proper remedies and 

 treatment ; for without the latter — attention to feeding 

 and diet — all the dressings ever used will not effect a 

 permanent cure. 



As in cases of this kind the dog's whole system is in 

 a state of irritation, fiery dressings will only add fuel to 

 the fire. The first step is to bleed in the jugular vein 

 with a good-sized lancet, the hair having been first cut 

 away with a pair of scissors, and then a string tied round 

 the neck to raise the vein. The quantity of blood to be 

 extracted must depend upon the size and condition of 

 the animal, whether lean or fat ; from a full-grown fox- 

 hound half a pint, but not beyond eight ounces, may 

 be taken. At night he should have three or four grains 

 of calomel, mixed with ten grains of jalap, and the next 

 morning half an ounce of Epsom salts dissolved in warm 



