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days again the cure for mange applied as before. It is 

 well to administer a purgative pill whilst the dog is suffer- 

 ing from this complaint. This disease will hang about a 

 dog or the kennel for a long time if not thoroughly dealt 

 with. All bedding should be burnt, and if it is a kennel- 

 dog, the kennel should be thoroughly washed and dis- 

 infected. 



Sulphur and vaseline mixed in equal parts, rubbed into 

 the dog twice a week, is one of the best remedies for this 

 skin disease, and which I always find good whenever I 

 have seen a dog with an appearance of mange coming 

 on, though among my own dogs I have never had but one 

 that had any appearance of skin disease at all, and that 

 was from over-eating. During mange give good food and 

 abundant exercise. 



If mange gets into a kennel of dogs, the disease will 

 never be got rid of unless the kennel be thoroughly dis- 

 infected. The collars, chains, travelling-baskets, and 

 everything connected with the dogs should be disinfected, 

 and it is advisable to dress all the dogs without any ex- 

 ception for a fortnight with the following dressing : 2 lb. 

 blk. sulphur, 2 oz. oil of tar, 2 oz. oil of turpentine, 

 1 gal. train oil. After the fortnight the dogs should have 

 two or three baths to one application of the dressing. 



Red Mange 



Wash thoroughly with warm water and Sanitas soap, and 

 rub in an ointment composed of 1 dr. green iodide of 

 mercury, 1 dr. flowers of sulphur, 8 drs. vaseline, and apply 

 daily. Repeat the warm bath a week later, giving one 

 table-spoonful of castor oil the day previous ; also put a 

 little of Fowler's tasteless solution of arsenic • carefully in 

 the dog's food daily, which should consist of bread, gravy, 

 meat, and plenty of green vegetables. The following is 

 considered a good dressing for red mange : 2 oz. turpen- 



' Begin with 1 drop to 6 for a toy dog, increasing gradually from 1 

 to 6, for a fortnight. Large dogs from 6 drops to 12. 



