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they cat nothing but abnormal substances, on the abdomen, the lircast, or the pit of the 



such as sphnters, stones, leather, and straw. fore let^s, send innnechately for tlie vetermaricm, 



The presence of such matters without other and wliile waitini;" lor Inm appl\ a wash of c reolin 



food in the stomach of a dog, together with diluted willi mm h water, — a fne per cent sohi- 



other symptoms of rabies, indicates the true lion. Excellent I'cmeches against the mange are 



disease. That infected animals have a horror of now to be had, salves that have cured \ery 



water is a popular delusion, as is also the belief x'indent erujjlions. Theielore it is best not 



that the dog days in August cause the poor to give up hope too soon, though a dog thus 



creature's madness. The dog days are as- afHicted is horriltle to see. 



tronomically related to the dog star Sirius, Dogs also suffer from toothache ; therefore, 



which has its full brilliancy on the 23d <>f strange as it ma)- seem, it is a good plan to 



August and following days, when it 

 rises and sets with the sim, 

 consequently in the hottest 

 part of the summer. The 

 Romans called those 

 days dies canicnlarcs ; 

 and the summer 

 holidays of the 

 schools were for- 

 merly called yrr/a" 

 canicnlarcs, in 

 which the dog is 

 named without any 

 mention of madness 



Inflammation of 

 the eyes, most fre 

 quent in summer and 

 caused by dust and heat 

 is a less serious trouble, which 

 is successfully dealt with by pur 

 ing the animal and bathing the eyes 

 with borax water, keeping them clean 

 and dry. After cleaning them with 



Driving out after 

 .AN Illness 



inspect and clean their teeth thoroughly 

 li'om time tn time. The worms 

 with which all dogs are tor- 

 mentetl are easil)- dri\en 

 out by a \'ermifuge, 

 esijccially if the)' are 

 solitary worms. The 

 case is more serious 

 when it concerns 

 the tii'nia ccliino- 

 cocciis (tai)eworm), 

 which can be con- 

 \x')-ed to human 

 beings. For this 

 r e a s o n , w h e r e \' e r 

 dogs are kept, the fol- 

 lowing precept should 

 be rigorously enforced : 

 Never use the plates, dishes, 

 etc., which a dog has licked with- 

 out carefully cleansing them ; never 

 allow him to lick the face of an^' one, 



especially a child, and wash )our 



warm soap and water, a salve made of ten parts hands at once if they have hapjiened to come 



vaseline to one part boric acid should be spread in contact with a dog's saliva. It is unnecessary, 



on the inflamed parts. The animal must then as in all other helminthic cases, to say, Remem- 



wear a sort of linen cap (to prevent him fr(;m ber our ad\'ice, send for the veterinarian. 



shaking his ears) and be fed on liquid food. If the disease is incurable, t)r if the dog is 



Skin diseases, by which nearly all dogs are too old to nio\-e about, put an end to his 



tormented, are very annoying and some of sufferings. Let whoever lox'es his dog give 



them are contagious. An expert often finds him a quick and easy death if life becomes a 



difficulty in diagnosing a case by aid of the burden to him. 



microscope, on account of the infinite number Surgical operations can sometimes be [ler- 



of different parasites that may have caused the formed successfully, veterinary science ha\-ing 



disease and will certainly aggravate it. There- attained a degree of development which must 



fore, as soon as an eruption appears, and red be to the benefit of the dog as well as to that 



spots or even little pimples are seen, especially of other animals. But when all remedies are 



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