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quart of water, and boil together for ten or fifteen minutes; then stand aside to 
cool and settle, and finally pour off the clear fluid. 
Before using this it would be advisable to rub the dog all over, for perhaps 
fifteen minutes, with common soft soap. Then stand him in a tub of tepid water 
and bathe him for half an hour. The most of the water in his coat having been 
forced out, the clear solution of sulphur and quicklime should be applied to the 
hair and skin with a sponge, and all that is on be allowed to remain fifteen or 
twenty minutes ; after which he should be given a general bath, and well washed, 
from tip to tip. 
Of course the objections to this are even greater than to the milder solution, 
and except with short-haired, strong and hardy dogs, free from eczema and 
scratches and breaks in the skin, it would scarcely be safe to try it. 
A dip that will destroy about every parasite which dogs may harbor can be 
easily prepared as follows: 
Instruct the druggist to put into a pint bottle four ounces of the sulphuret of 
potassium and about half a pint of water. Then of dilute sulphuric acid add 
sufficient to render the mixture of neutral reaction, —that is, neither acid nor 
alkaline, — and afterward fill the bottle with water. 
This pint mixture should be poured into a common washing-tub, together 
with four gallons of water; and it is then ready for use, provided it has been 
made comfortably warm. , 
Stand the dog in the tub and drench him thoroughly; then rub lightly with 
a soft towel. Repeat the operation every morning for three days, in the same 
dip, first adding boiling water enough to make it about blood warm; and after- 
ward keep him in a warm place until he has dried. 
The dip will retain its strength three or four days, and admit of as many 
applications before its virtues have been spent. 
An aqueous solution of the sulphide of lime is speedily destructive to the 
mange insect. Roughly, itcan be made by boiling together for a short time 
one part of sublimed sulphur, two parts of lime, and ten of water. After being 
allowed to cool and settle, the clear fluid is poured off and kept in well-stopped 
bottles. The dog with mange is first given a bath and well washed for half an 
hour with soap and tepid water, after which his coat and skin are thoroughly 
wet with this solution, and the same is allowed to remain on and dry for about 
a quarter of an hour. Then a second bath isadministered. If this has been 
done rightly all the mange insects will have been destroyed, and it will be ne- 
cessary merely to employ for a time some simple ointment, to overcome any 
irritation of the skin that remains. 
It should be remembered that while sarcoptic mange is purely a local affec- 
tion, and nowise dependent upon constitutional disturbances, the annoyance 
caused by itching, the loss of sleep, the effect upon the nervous system, etc., 
will likely induce derangements, which in turn must result in debility and an 
