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the hair falls off, and on which may be noticed 
a few pimples. Scabs form, the patches extend, 
or come out on other parts of the body, head, 
legs, belly, or sides. Skin becomes red in white- 
haired dogs. Odour of this trouble very offen- 
sive. More pam than itching seems to be the 
symptomatic rule. Whole body may become 
affected. 
Treatment.—Dress the affected parts twice a 
week with the following :— 
Creosote, 2 drachms; linseed oil, 7 ounces; 
solution of potash, 1 ounce. First mix the creo- 
sote and oil, then add the solution and shake. 
Better to shave the hair off around the patches. 
Kennels must be kept clean with garden soap and 
hot water, and all bedding burned after use. 
From three months to six will be needed to cure 
bad cases. 
MANGE PROPER is also caused by a parasite or 
acarus, called the Sarcops canis. Unlike eczema, 
this mange is spread from dog to dog by touch 
or intercommunication, just as one person catches 
the itch from another. 
The Symptoms.—At first these may escape 
attention, but there are vesicles which the dog 
scratches and breaks, and thus the disease spreads. 
The hair gets matted and falls off. Regions of 
the body most commonly affected, head, chest, 
back, rump, and extremities. There may not be 
much constitutional disturbance from the actual 
injury to the skin, but from his suffering so much 
from the irritation and the want of rest the 
health suffers. 
Treatment.—Avoid the use of so-called dis- 
infectants. Most of those sold as such are simply 
deodorisers, and, applied to the skin, are useless. 
Nor are they of much use in cleaning the kennels. 
Nothing suits better for woodwork than, first, car- 
bolic wash, and then a thorough scrubbing with 
hot water and garden soap. 
Some ointment must be used to the skin, and as 
I am writing for laymen only I feel chary in 
recommending such strong ones as the green 
iodide of mercury. If you do use it mix it with 
twice its bulk of the compound sulphur ointment. 
Do over only a part or two at a time. The dog 
to be washed after three days. But the com- 
pound sulphur ointment itself is a splendid 
application, and it is not dangerous. 
(3) SKIN COMPLAINTS FROM VERMIN.—The treat- 
ment is obvious—get rid of the cause. 
And now for my concluding advice in italics. 
As their diagnosis is so difficult, whenever the 
dog-owner is in doubt, make certain by treating 
the dog not only by local applications but con- 
stitutionally as well. In addition to good dict, 
perfect cleanliness of coat, kennel, and all sur- 
roundings, and the application of the ointment or 
oil, let the dog have all the fresh air possible, 
and exercise, but never over-exciting or too fatigu- 
ing. Then a course of arsenic seldom fails to do 
good. 
I do not believe in beginning the exhibition of 
arsenic too soon. I prefer paying my first atten- 
THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG: 
tions to the digestive organs and state of the 
bowels. The form of exhibition which I have 
found suit as well as any is the tasteless Liquor 
arsenicalis. It is easily administered. It ought 
to be given mixed with the food, as it ought to 
enter. the blood with the chyle from the diet. 
It ought, day by day, to be gradually, not hur- 
riedly, increased. Symptoms of loathing of food 
and redness of conjunctiva call for the cessation 
of its use for two or three days at least, when it 
is to be recommended at the same size of dose 
given when left off. 
There are two things which assist the arsenic, 
at least to go well with it; they are, iron in some 
form and Virol. The latter will be needed when 
there is much loss of flesh. A simple pill of sul- 
phate of iron and extract of liquorice may be 
used. Dose of Liquor arsenicalis, from 1 to 6 
drops ter die to commence with, gradually in- 
creased to 5 to 20 drops. 
Sluggish Liver. — Symptoms very obscure. 
Attention to general health. No dainties or 
sugar. Fair proportion of meat. Allowance of 
liver, boiled or raw, to keep bowels open. Ex- 
tract of taraxacum in small doses. The douche 
or bucket bath. 
Ticks.— I have noticed these disagreeable blood- 
suckers only on the heads and bodies of sporting 
or Collie dogs, who had been boring for some 
time through coverts and thickets. They soon 
make themselves visible, as the body swells up 
with the blood they suck until they resemble small 
soft warts about as big as a pea. They belong to 
the natural family, /xodiade. 
Treatment.—lf not very numcrous they should 
be cut off, and the part touched with a little turps. 
The sulphuret of calcium will also kill them, 
so will the more dangerous white precipitate, or 
even a strong solution of carbolic acid, which 
must be used sparingly, however. 
Tongue.— The tongue of a healthy dog should 
be soft and of a pinky hue; if white far back there 
is some disorder of stomach or bowels, which must 
be seen to. 
Tongue: Carbuncle, or unhealthy swelling 
underneath. This used to be called blain; caused 
by bad feeding and impure blood. The swelling 
is under the tongue at one side, and there is an 
increased flow of saliva of a fcetid odour. The 
swelling must be lanced by a vet., and the mouth 
kept constantly clean with permanganate solu- 
tion. 
Tongue, Inflammation of.— May arise from 
bites. If so, wash out well with solution of per- 
manganate of potash twice daily, and give a soft 
diet, tripe, liver, etc., or porridge, or Spratts 
Invalid Food. If much swelling, give an aperient. 
An incision or two sometimes needed, but a vet. 
must do this. The brutal and useless custom of 
worming the tongue is now obsolete. 
Tongue, Ulceration of, and wounds that heal 
badly, must be touched with caustic, and an 
astringent boracic lotion used, about 15 grains to 
1 ounce of water. 
