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The application should be taken off several times during the 
day, and heated again. 
INTERNAL ULCERATION OF THE EAR. 
Symptoms.— This disease is manifested by the dog con 
tinuaily shaking his head ; and a discharge of matter will 
take place after the complaint is matured; but before the 
matter is seen, a dry, scurfy, red scab is formed on the in¬ 
side of the ear. It is occasioned by too high feeding, and 
by the animal taking the water when heated. It often 
proves fatal. 
Remedies. —When the case is not severe, all that will be 
necessary is to use the following wash, slightly warmed :— 
Sugar of lead . . 1 drachm, 
Rose, or rain-water . 4 ounces; 
about a teaspoonful should be poured in night and morning. 
When the disease is of a more severe kind, the following 
remedy must be applied :— 
White vitriol . . 18 grains, 
Decoction of oak-bark . 4 ounces. 
When the above fails to prove effectual, recourse must te 
had to mercury. Let the ears be well washed with a solu¬ 
tion of soda, and then rubbed with the following :— 
Strong mercurial ointment 1 ounce, 
Hogs’ lard • • • i oun ce. 
Besides rubbing internally, the ointment should be well 
applied at the base of the ear externally, close to the head. 
COUGHS. 
It frequently happens that cough precedes the distemper; 
and if the dog is young, and no probable reason can be 
assigned for the cold he has taken, it may reasonably be in¬ 
ferred that it is a premonitory symptom of that disease; 
