41-2 DOGS : THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



expended upon the skin, as simply atwinting the dog or 

 smearing the salve upon the hair is of no earthly use. 

 The unguent which I have employed, and with such 

 success as emboldens me to recommend it, is composed 

 of— 



Ung. resini ... As much as you please to take. 



) A sufficiency to make the rosin ointment 

 Sulph. sub. . . . > , . , 



) very thick. 



„, . . ) Enough to make the unguent of a proper 



OL lump > . , ,. 



) consistency, but not too thin. 



This is to be applied one day ; washed off the next : and 

 then the dressing repeated until the dog has been dressed 

 three times, and washed thrice ; after which the ointment 

 may be discontinued ; but again had recourse to if the 

 animal exhibits the slightest signs of uneasiness ; when 

 the entire process may be gone through once more. 

 Mercurial ointments are the most certain remedies for 

 this disorder; but then they are not safe, and should 

 always be avoided where the dog is concerned. 



The second kind of mange is where hair partially falls 

 off ; and this kind of disorder is well marked by bare 

 patches of small dimensions, showing themselves on the 

 point of the elbow and any part which is prominent, and 

 which the animal might be supposed to have rubbed as 

 he lay in his kennel. The patches are small and free 

 from hair ; but at the same time the skin exposed is 

 rough, scaly, thickened, and corrugated. The itching is 

 intense ; but it does not particularly affect the exposed 



