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63G ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Keep on low diet and give exercise. Secondly the foul mango, which fcj 
brought about by impure blood, and cannot be cured until it is changed. Is 
is considered hereditary though not contagious. In foul mange the skin 
becomes thick and discharges an offensive matter, aDd finally runs into ulcers, 
with great itching all the time, the hair becomes dead aud falls out, and the 
animal is nervous and irritable. To cure requires patience and ofttimes long 
.treatment. Change the diet at once, give no meat, starve the dog until he 
will accept oatmeal mush with boiled vegetables freely mixed with it, then 
administer liquor arsenicalcs with the food, one drop to each four pounds in 
weight of the dog three times daily, dividing the food into three portions for 
morning, noon and night. This must be kept up until itching ceases, and very 
often continued for months. Cosraolipe may then be rubbed on the mangy 
6kin thrice daily. 
lied mange is a disease of the hair, and may be known by the red 
appearance always at the roots in spots, at the elbows under the arms and 
inside of them, also inside the thighs. An ointment for red mange, of th# 
following, well rubbed into the spots, is good : 
Green iodide of mercury 1} drachma. 
Spts. of turpentine 2 drachms. 
Lard 1$ ounces. 
A wash of carbolic acid 1 part to water 3U parts, and plain cosmoline is 
efficacious also. 
CANKER OF THE EAR. 
Whenever a dog is seen to shake his head continually, and frequently 
scratch his ear, endeavoring to relieve an apparent inward itching. of that 
organ, it is generally safe to conclude he has the canker. Sometimes the tips 
or edges are first affected, and the inflammation will, if not then arrested, 
gradually extend to the interior, which when attacked discharges offensive 
matter. Hunting dogs, especially water dogs, are subject to canker. To cure, 
place on low diet, and syringe the ear, first having washed it out with luke- 
warm water, with a weak solution of 
Nitrate of silver 2 to 6 grains. 
. Water 1 ounce. 
According to sire of dog, 
the first day; and on the second drop into the ear 
I Green iodide of mercury 1 drachm. 
Melted lard 8 drachms. 
Alternate these until relief is had. If there are any sores on the edgee ol 
the ear, touch them with blue stone. 
