GENERAL DISEASES. 28 1 



In the former, after first shaving off the hair, the liniment or 

 tincture should be painted on with a brush daily. In the 

 latter it is best combined with iron (ferri iodidum) in 5 to 10 

 grain doses daily. 



When suppuration takes place, which in the dog is not un- 

 frequent, the ordinary treatment for abscess is indicated. 



Extirpation of the thyroid gland or the insertion of setons 

 are dangerous operations, and only warranted in extreme 

 cases. 



DIPHTHERIA. 



Among the laryngeal diseases affecting the dog, diphtheria 

 (so-called) finds ja. place. As I have not seen any throat 

 malady that could be correctly termed such, myself, I tran- 

 scribe from the " Veterinary Journal " for August, 1875, some 

 interesting cases recorded by Mr. W. Robertson, M.R.C.V.S., 

 Kelso. 



" In the outbreak of diphtheria amongst the dogs, a cer- 

 tain amount of variation or modification, as respects the 

 phenomena exhibited during the course of the development 

 of the disease, was observed in several of the individuals. 



" The dogs amongst which this outbreak occurred formed 

 part of a kennel of high-bred greyhounds. The kennel was 

 in two divisions ; the exercise-yard of the one division run- 

 ning to within two yards of the door of the dormitory of the 

 other, which had originally been a stable, and where all the 

 cases of the disease occurred. The inmates of this kennel 

 were a mixed lot as regarded age ; one half were puppies 

 about twelve months old, the other half consisted in greatei 

 part of dogs between eighteen and twenty-four months, with a 

 few aged animals. There had been no importation of animals 

 for some time, and no illness, not even distemper, amongsl 

 the residents. The; disease first made its appearance amongsl 

 the puppies, and nearly the whole, if not the whole, of these 

 were dead before any of the others were seized. Many ol 



