DEESSING FOR DOaS' COATS 103 



Dogs Coughing and Sneezing Constantly 



Give a teaspoonful each of syrup of buckthorn and castor 

 oil, and repeat in a week ; also give twice a day in water 

 3 drops of compound tincture of benzoin. 



Destruction of Dogs 



The most humane way is to give a teaspoonful of 

 chloral in half a wine-glass of water, to send the animal 

 to sleep, and then apply a rag dipped in chloroform to the 

 nostrils till life is extinct. 



Dressing for Dogs' Coats 



When the hair is inclined to fall off, or there are bare 

 places, make a dressing with a mixture of equal parts of 

 olive oil and flowers of sulphur, or half vaseline and half 

 flowers of sulphur, and rub it in well, and brush the coat 

 with one of Bvenson's long-haired dog-brushes. 



Another stimulant is to take equal parts of kerosene, 

 olive oil, cocoa-nut oil, and castor oil, thoroughly amalga- 

 mated, and apply twice a week. When terriers have bald 

 heads, dress the parts daily with glycerine. Often the 

 falling out of hair is due to debility, and a few drops 

 (according to the size of the dog) of Fer Bravais should be 

 put into the food once a day for three or four weeks. 

 Sometimes the bald patches are the effects of a scald, and 

 then often the hair follicle is destroyed, and nothing 

 can possibly restore it. If there should be any signs of 

 new hair appearing, a very small quantity of mercurial 

 ointment — made with one part strong ointment and three 

 parts lard — helps it on. The following receipt for hair-lotion 

 was given to me : — ' Dress bare places twice a week with 

 the following: 4 oz. olive oil, 3 oz. cocoa-nut oil, 1^ oz. 

 camphorated oil, 5 oz. mercurial ointment, 1 dr. tincture 

 of cantharides, 1 dr. spirits of hartshorn, ^ oz. flowers of 



