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sulphur (they must not be allowed to lick the application 

 upon any account) ; and 3 drops of Per Bravais given 

 daily for a fortnight in a little cold boiled milk, and a 

 pinch of sulphur in the food every other day for a 

 month,' 



Ears, Puppies', to make Drop 



One often sees puppies carrying their ears askew — i.e. 

 one up and the other down ; and if the dog is valuable and 

 required for exhibition, the way to cure it is to make a little 

 hood-shaped cap in some soft material and tie it on over 

 the ears for a few hours daily, and smooth the ears down 

 every now and again for about twenty minutes at a time, 

 which generally rectifies the fault ; or tie the ears down with 

 a bandage and manipulate them downwards with the hands 

 constantly. 



Hydrophobia (to Prevent) 



'■ In the event of a bite from an animal in a rabid state, 

 or otherwise, sponge and wash the parts as soon as possible 

 with clean water ; then take good leaf tobacco and make a 

 bandage of it on the place bitten or lacerated ; change the 

 bandage three or four times a day for a week ; this will 

 effectually absorb and extract any poison that may have 

 lodged itself in the part bitten. If leaf tobaCco cannot be 

 obtained, take strong manufactured cut tobacco, and use it 

 in the same manner. In America, the Indians, in their 

 travels through the forest and prairie lands, always carry 

 leaf tobacco with them, and when they are bitten by 

 serpents and other venomous reptiles they use the leaf 

 tobacco in the way described, and it is an invariable anti- 

 dote against hydrophobia and its fatal effects.' 



■ Some years ago I was given the direction of John Bishop, Birling, 

 Maidstone, who possessed a wonderful cure for this dread disease, but 

 I don't know if lie is to be heard of now. 



