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vegetables, and every kind of flesh is to be scrupulously withheld, unless to 
pups in a very weakly condition. 
“ Blaine and Youatt speak of alteratives as necessary towards the per- 
fection of a cure ; but as I am simply here recording my experience, all I 
can say is, I have not found them to be required. Cleanliness — the bed 
being repeatedly changed — free exercise — wholesome, not stimulating food 
— and fresh water — are essential towards recovery. In no case should 
the dog suffering under these complaints be allowed to gorge or cram itself ; 
but the victuals must be withdrawn the instant it has swallowed sufficient 
to support nature.” 
Canker within and without the Ear . 
“ Blaine treats of these two as different diseases. Youatt speaks of them 
as the same disease situated on different parts. As they differ in their origin 
and in their effects, however closely they may be united, I hold Blaine’s 
arrangement to be the soundest, and therefore to that I shall adhere. 
“ Thank heaven ! there is one good custom prevalent in this disease- 
dogs affected with it are brought to us early. Often, when the animal is only 
observed to be constantly shaking and scratching the ear, the proprietors 
bring the dog for us to remove something from the interior of the organ. 
At other times, and with the most careless or unobservant masters, the dog 
is brought under our notice with a blackened discharge within the convolu- 
tions of the ear, and a slight smell, like decayed cheese, proceeding from it. 
A crackling sensation is them imparted to the fingers when the base of the 
ear below the flap is manipulated ; the necessary pressure sometimes drawing 
forth an expression of pain. A worse case than this I have not encountered ; 
though how common canker has been in my practice may be conjectured from 
my keeping a two-gallon Stack-bottle of the wash in my surgery, and a label 
for the bottles in which it is sent out, within my drawers. The mode of 
administering this wash is admirably described by Youatt, from whose pages 
I transcribe it : 
“ f Some attention should be paid to the method of applying these lotions. 
Two persons will be required in order to accomplish the operation. The 
surgeon must hold the muzzle of the dog with one hand, and have the root 
of the ear in the hollow of the other, and between the first finger and the 
thumb. The assistant must then pour the liquid into the ear ; half a tea- 
spoonful will usually be sufficient. The surgeon, without quitting the dog, 
will then close the ear, and mould it gently until the liquid has insinuated 
itself as deeply as possible into the passages of the ear.’ 
“ The warming of the fluid I find to be unnecessary; and there is something 
to be added to the above direction, when the wash I advise is employed. 
After one ear is done, let it be covered closely with the flap, and the other 
side of the head turned upward without releasing the dog. When both are 
finished, take a firm hold of the dog, and fling him away to any distance the 
strength you possess is capable of sending the animal ; for the instant the 
dog is loose, it will begin shaking its head, and, as the canker-wash I employ 
contains lead, wherever a drop falls a white mark or spot, as the liquid dries, 
will be left behind.” 
This is a book certainly much wanted. Blaine and 
Youatt had done in former times that justice to the sub- 
ject of which it was susceptible. But later days had cast 
