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WOUNDS OF THE PAD IN DOGS. 
licking the surface. A surgical dressing is seldom needed unless granu¬ 
lation appears too active or cicatrisation is checked by the animal’s 
interference. A dressing may then be applied, or the diseased spot may 
be smeared with some bitter-tasting substance, like aloes, which repels 
the animal, and at the same time assists healing. Severe itching is 
sometimes removed by pencilling with cocain solution, but precautions 
are required against absorption of the drug. 
