02 DISKAJSBS or DOOS. 



this process I repeated every other day. The dogs were in my pos- 

 session about ten weeks, by which time they were perfectly free from 

 disease, and the re-growth of hair had made considerable progress. 

 Of internal medicines the dogs had very little, some podophyllin 

 pills when I first began treatment, after which I regulated the bowels 

 as required by diet, increasing or decreasing the ^quantity of fresh 

 vegetables, but no alteratives such as arsenic were employed. 



I did not find that the one treated with iodide of potassium made 

 more rapid rfeoovery than the other, and in instances where I have 

 had to prescribe since, I have found similar treatment equally 

 effective. The following is aiso useful in Follicular mange : olive oil, 

 1 pint ; oU of tar, 4oz. ; sulphur, 4oz. This should be well rubbed 

 into the skin every third day, and the dog washed with warm water 

 and soap, to which ;has been added a little soda, at the end of the 

 week. In all cases of Follicular mange it is well to shave all the 

 hair off the animal before applying any dressing. 



MAW-WORMS.— /See Worms. 



MENINGITIS.— iSee Brain, Inflammation of the. 



MENTAi; EMOTION AND ITS ErFECT UPON 

 MIIsE SECRETION.- During pregnancy, as is fairly well 

 known, the system is in an unusuaJly active condition, and conse- 

 quently the animal is readily impressionable. AU undue excitement 

 should therefore be carefully avoided, and strangers should be denied 

 admittance to the animal and, especially to those animals which are 

 likely to resent it. This strict exclusion of visitors is more im- 

 portant when the bitch has pupped. 



The iirst secretion of the mammary glands is known as the 

 colostrum ; this acts as a natural purgative to the pupa, and removes 

 the meconium which is present. During the first week of puppy- 

 hood, the conversion of the colostrum into true milk should take 

 place; but undue excitement will suspend or retard this process. 

 The result of this is severe purging of the pups, and often death. 

 Handling the pups more than is absolutely necessary should be 

 strictly avoided ; while great harm may be wrought by being in and 

 out of the kennel too frequently. 



MILK, ABSENCE OP.— This condition is often met with in 

 bitches. It is usually the result of weakness, obesity, or disease of 

 the mammary glands. It may only be temporaiy, when friction to 

 the glands with the hand may restore the secretion. To weakly 

 bitchea, however, a tcaspoonful to a tablespoonfol of the follovdng 



