ECZEMA 87 



tine, 3 oz. oil of tar (oleum picis sy.), and 3 oz. olive 

 oil. This dressing should remain on for forty-eight hours ; 

 then the dog should be washed again as above, and the 

 dressing repeated if necessary, or Spratts' eczema lotion is 

 highly to be recommended for either red mange or eczema. 



Eczema 



This occurs sometimes from temporary derangements 

 of the digestive organs, and generally from faulty dietary. 

 Worms are a common cause of eczema. Outward ajjplica- 

 tions seldom cure. A compound rhubarb pill given every 

 night for a week has often a good effect. The evacuations 

 should always be examined for worms. This ailment is often 

 erroneously called ' red mange.' It generally attacks the 

 elbows and back of the forelegs and the inside of the thighs, 

 but in bad cases the whole body becomes affected. The 

 symptoms are continuous scratching, with red and inflamed 

 appearance of the skin ; it is easily detected by its alter- 

 ing the colour of the hair to a rusty shade. White dogs 

 are more prone to skin diseases than the darker coloured. 

 Rub into the affected parts flowers of sul2Dhur and vaseline. 

 Diet with oatmeal porridge made with milk, also beef or 

 mutton and vegetables chopped up together. Eczema 

 sometimes affects the feet and is mistaken for foot rot. The 

 feet should be soaked daily in J eyes' fluid diluted forty 

 times with water. 



Surfeit, OP Blotch 



Isolate the patient, for the disease is a kind of mange. 

 Administer early in the morning, fasting, a dessert-spoonful 

 of castor oil, and in an hour give the dog a little weak warm 

 soup. Apply on all the bare places night and morning a 

 lotion composed of 1 oz. of flowers of sulphur and 4 oz. of 

 glycerine. The symptoms of surfeit are : the skin is in- 

 flamed in patches, showing quite a scarlet redness through 

 the coat, especially in white dogs, when often scabby 

 swellings form, and as these scabs fall off, they take the 

 hair with them, leaving the skin in an inflamed state, dis- 



