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are very tenacious of life, and will almost be pulled in halves before 
they will lose their hold. I will now just mention a disease affecting 
the ear of the dog, termed— 
Otorrhoea. 
It is originally an inflammation of the sebiparous glands of the 
ear, followed by ulceration and fungoid growth. It is most fre¬ 
quently seen in long-eared dogs, particularly of the spaniel tribe. 
The causes are obscure, but the principal one is general fulness of 
the system, causing an augmented and altered secretion. Symptoms. 
—The animal will carry his head on one side, with the affected ear 
lowermost; continuous scratching of the same ear. On examina¬ 
tion you will find a reddish-brown fluid at the bottom of the ear; 
at the upper part it will be dry, with a hard scab on. The smell is 
foetid. The skin is ulcerated, and if of long standing there will be 
fungoid growths. The treatment much depends on the duration of 
the malady. In mild cases syringe with tepid water, containing 
carbonate of soda. Dry well, and then dress with Liniment. 
Plumbi Acetatis, warm. If the case is of longer standing, and you 
have much ulceration or fungoid growths, you must excise them, 
and use caustic and astringents. It is always wise to confine the 
ear, to prevent the animal flopping it about. This is best done by 
means of a cap. There is a disease of the skin that is not much 
seen in our patients, with the exception of the dog. I allude to— 
Erysipelas. 
This disease is said to be contagious in man, but is not so 
in the dog. There are some parts of the body more liable to it 
than others, such as the eyelids, sides of the face, near joints, and 
most commonly the scrotum. There is redness, pain, &c. ; in fact, 
a violent inflammation of the structure of the skin, which soon 
produces vesicles, containing bloody serum. All kinds of dogs 
are liable to it, but more particularly setters and spaniels. It is 
difficult to say what it depends on. Plethora, we may say, is 
the proximate cause. It is not so dangerous in our patients as in 
the human subject, as there is not the same amount of inflammation, 
nor does it go to the same extent. 
In treating this disorder we must bleed, and give an emetic, 
composed of 2 grains of Antim. Tart, and 1 of calomel, followed 
by an aperient—nothing better than the castor oil mixture—then 
alteratives. If the case goes on well, proceed to tonics, such as 
gentian, ginger, or calumba. Dress the parts affected with a decoc¬ 
tion of poppyheads, or chamomile flowers, and, to prevent the dog 
licking, apply flour or powdered gum acacia. If much swollen, you 
ma)'’ scarify, and smear over with carbonate of zinc, unguent, or the 
ordinary Liniment plumbi. In the chronic form, M’here it has not 
the same tendency to spread, you may apply astringents, as alum, 
&c. I shall now pass on to another disease, quite different from the 
one I have been speaking of, viz.— 
Favus, or Ringworm. 
This is an altered state of the epidermis, very common in all 
