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then comes on, which ends in dysentery.” She advises “half a teaspoonful 
of melted beef marrow, free from skin,” and says that one dose is generally 
sufficient to check the vomiting. But several of my cats had this disease 
and I treated them all successfully with calomel and ipecac. Put three or four 
grains of each into half a glass of water, and give a teaspoonful every hour, 
(or give asmall powder of mercurius dulcis, second trituration, and the same 
‘dose of ipecac, second trituration, alternately one or two hours apart). Feed 
them nothing until the vomiting is checked; then give them small quanti- 
ties of warm milk, to which may be added a little mutton-broth. 
MANGE.—RING-WORM.—ECZEMA. 
The “mange” of cats is generally a species of “ring-worm” (which 
they often give to children, or catch from children). It is often a “psoriasis” 
or an “eczema.” The skin becomes red and irritated in spots, where the 
hair soon falls off, or the skin becomes red, scaly and wrinkled. The poor 
animal presents an unsightly and even loathsome appearance in bad cases, 
In all instances the annoyance and irritation make the cat very unhappy, for 
the itching is intolerable, and her biting and scratching aggravate the 
disease. . 
I have been very successful in treating them just as I would a human 
patient. The diseased surface should be sponged with pure castile soap- 
suds, and carefully dried; after which, if the disease is mild, apply the 
following ointment: 
B Boracic acid (pulv.), one drachm. 
Almond oil, two drachms. 
Vaseline, two ounces. 
Mix. 
Rub in thoroughly with the finger or soft rag. Repeat this every 
day and the eruption will soon disappear. In severe cases use an ointment 
of one drachm of sulphurous acid to one ounce of vaseline (or a wash of 
one drachm of sulphurous acid to one ounce of water). Nearly all varieties 
of mange are caused by microscopic fungi in the skin, and when they 
are destroyed the disease leaves. Carbolated cosmoline has been found 
useful, and so has an ointment of chrysophanic acid, ten grains.to ‘one ounce 
of vaseline, the latter being especially good in cases of ring-worm. 
Internally the best remedy is arsenic, one-tenth of a drop of Fowler’s 
Solution, three times a day, or iodide of arsenic, third trituration, a grain 
three times a day. Cod-liver oil is useful if the cat is much e:naciated, 
since it readily restores the flesh. 
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