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warm as it will not scald the animal. This operation to be 
repeated every day, until the sore assumes signs of healing. 
Burn an old shoe, convert it into powder, and mix it with 
four ounces of hogs’ lard, then rub the ear with it daily for 
a week or ten days, to make the hair grow on the parts. 
The ears of a dog may become scabbed by forcing its way 
through hedges, &c. The above may be used as a remedy, 
but with double the quantity of water. 
THE COMMON MANGE. 
This is a common disease among dogs, and is attributed 
to filth, want of proper exercise, and foul feeding It is a 
chronic inflammation of the skin, sometimes the effect of a 
morbid constitutional action, and at others dependent upon 
contagion. Some veterinarians consider it a hereditary 
complaint; and it has been asserted, that if a bitch has 
been lined by a mangy dog, that the puppies are likely to 
be mangy soon after birth, and at all events they are cer¬ 
tain to become so sooner or later. This, however, does not 
appear to be a clearly established fact. One thing is cer¬ 
tain, that it is communicated by touch, and also by conta¬ 
gion. It is, therefore, a proper precaution to remove the 
diseased dog from others. When dogs are kept closely pent 
up, and numbers of them together, the acrid effluvia of their 
urine is said to induce mange, by transpiration. In this 
latter case the disease assumes a most virulent character. 
Some authors affirm that there are four distinct kinds of 
mange, but we know that there are two which can easily be 
distinguished, namely, the common, and red-mange. The 
latter is more difficult to cure than the former. We shall 
first point out that for the more prevalent form of the disease. 
Remedies. —Cleanliness is the first remedy; and, when¬ 
ever it is perceived that the dog is attacked by the complaint. 
