534 DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



clear fluid may be injected with iodine to destroy the sac. The 

 insertion of a seton, which is moved every day, is better. 



[Instead of the prescriptions and formulae which are given in the 

 previous editions of TJie Sportsman's Gazetteer y I have thought it better 

 to substitute others much more simple^ which may be followed by any 

 person of ordinary intelligence without risk ; whereas, many of the 

 old ones could be understood and administered only by practical 

 medical experts. Owners of dogs will doubtless appreciate the change. 

 The numerals given in the body of the text preceding, refer to the 

 matter which has been excised, and have no bearing whatever upon the 

 new revision ; therefore no attention should be paid to them. They 

 are simply retained because they could not be removed without muti- 

 lating the stereotype plates. — The Author.] 



SIMPLE RJECtPES FOR CANINE ILLS. 



The Best Preventives of Disease : 



Pure Air, Qeanliness, Careful Feeding, Judicious Exercise, and Zealous Ob- 

 servance of the Laws of Heredity. 



The Best Remedies : 



Pure Air, Qeanliness, Judicious Exercise, and Attention to Diet. 



The Best Medicines : 



The Simplest Drugs, and as Few as Possible. 



Careful Selection of Stock in Breeding* prevents Inherited Vices of Blood or 

 Disposition . 



Cleanliness of Body and of Kennel prevents Fleas, Lice, and *■ Mange" Para- 

 sites. 



Care in Feeding prevents Worms, Tape-worms, and all Entozoa. 



Dry Air. Equable Temperature, and Care in Feeding, prevent inflammation of 

 the Bowels and Kindred Complaints. 



Pute Air and Cleanliness prevent Diseases of the Eye and Ear. 



Ventilation and Care in Diet prevent Scurvy, ox pu^ra. canina^^ form of 

 Mange which chiefly pertains to puppyhood and old age. 



Cleanliness and CTare in Diet prevent Osmidrosis, a ^>ecies of Mange, which is 

 a Disease of the Perspiratory Organs, arising from an alteration of the secretions. 



Careful Diet and Cleanliness prevent Ring-worm, trickosis furfuracea^ which 

 results from deranged nutrition, and is known also as Mange. 



Ventilation, Dry Atmosphere, and Exercise prevent Cmds, Coughs, Rheuma- 

 tism, Lun^ Disorders, and Distemper. 



Pure Air, Exercise, and Careful Feeding prevent Fevers, Epilepsy, Fits, 

 Chorea, and Hydrophobia. 



Careful Feeding, Pure Air, and Exercise, prevent Sores, Eruptions, Tumors, 

 and all the Ills which canine flesh is subject to. 



iCenne?*.— Make kennels of wood, so that they may be burned incase they be- 

 come impregnated with the germs of infectious disease. 



Floors. — Make a reversible floor, working on a central pivot, and secured by a 

 bolt, so that the soiled side can be washed, aired, and dn^ daily. It should be 

 raised above ground sufficiently for ventilation. 



Bedding. — ^Use pine shavings or clean wheat straw. 



Mejn. — I. A dog should never be kept in a cellar night or day. 



2- A dog should never be kept on chain all day. 



Food.— For Working Dogs : Vegetables, bread, and bones mixed together, and 



