292 KENNEL DISEASES. 
Camphor and hydrate of chloral, of each one drachm, rubbed together until 
they are liquefied ; after which they should be added to and rubbed up with one 
ounce of starch powder. This should be dusted onto the inflamed surfaces. 
Under similar conditions of the surface the following mixture promptly 
relieves the itching, but it is quite expensive: 
Muriate of cocaine, one drachm; glycerin, one drachm; lime-water, one 
ounce; water, three ounces. 
This lotion should be applied with a small sponge or a camel’s-hair brush; 
and as soon as it has dried, there should be dusted onto the affected parts the 
oxide or oleate of zinc powder, or the subnitrate of bismuth. 
A less costly lotion that will combat itching, and one that is sometimes quite 
as efficacious, is the following : 
Carbolic acid, fifteen grains; chloral hydrate, one drachm; water, two 
ounces. 
This should also be applied with small sponge or brush; and onto the sur- 
face, which has been allowed to dry, be dusted the oxide or oleate of zinc. 
Another lotion, to be used in like manner and followed by the same dusting 
powder, is thus composed : 
Sulphate of morphine, eight grains; carbolic acid, twenty grains; water, four 
ounces. 
The itching being intense and the surface not very red and inflamed, it 
being also comparatively dry, —not much oozing from it, — the following oint- 
ment will often prove effectual : 
Precipitated sulphur and liquid pitch, of each one-half a drachm; oxide of 
zinc ointment, one ounce. Of this a little should be frequently rubbed into the 
affected skin with gentle force. 
When the severely itching eczema is limited to a few not very large patches, 
and the discharge from the surface is not profuse, the following pigment con- 
stitutes a convenient and valuable application : 
Oil of cade, one drachm; collodion, one ounce. At the bottom of the cork 
a camel’s-hair brush should be inserted, so as to be withdrawn with it. The 
bottle must not be kept open longer than is absolutely necessary. The 
diseased skin should be coated with this mixture, the application being made 
as quickly as possible. In drying, it forms a thin film. If that does not appear 
to be complete, after waiting ten minutes for the first coating to dry, a second 
may be put on. It will generally be necessary to apply the pigment twice or 
three times daily, as the film becomes detached. Before the applications, in 
so far as possible all loosened parts of previous coatings should be gently re- 
moved. Invariably also the surface to be treated should be dried if necessary 
by pressing with soft cloths, otherwise the pigment would not attach itself. 
When the eruption is of pimples or festers, the itching seems most intolerable, 
but it may be controlled by the following lotion; which, however, cannot be used 
