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bly perish from the strong poisonous properties of the remedies. 
For red mange, to any of the formula, 1, 2, or 3, to 6 oz. of 
the ointments prescribed, add 1 oz. mild mercurial ointment. 
Use the wire muzzle as above. 
In addition to these outer applications, give mild doses of 
epsom salts twice or thrice a week ; and occasionally, but for 
red mange always , the following formula: 
Black sulphuret of quicksilver, iEthiop’s mineral, 1 oz. 
Supertartarate of potash, 1 oz. Nitrate of Potash, . 2 drs. 
Divide into sixteen, twenty, or twenty-four doses, according to 
the size of the dog, and give one morning and evening. 
Keep the dog warm and dry, and feed on vegetable diet. 
OPHTHALMIA, 
Whether arising from cold, or external irritation, as scratches, 
thorn-wounds, or the like, may be treated successfully as follows: 
Give gentle purgatives, feed low; if much inflammation, bleed. 
Apply the following wash several times a day, after fomenting, 
with an infusion of poppy-heads, or a weak infusion of opium 
in hot water. 
Superacetate of lead, £ dr. Rose-water, • 6 oz. 
When the inflammation is disappearing, 
Sulphate of zinc, . 1 scrup. Weak infusion of elm bark, 6 oz. 
Brandy, one teaspoonful. 
SORE FEET. 
“ When dog’s feet become sore by travelling it is common to 
wash them with brine, but this is not altogether a good practice. 
It is better to bathe them with greasy pot liquor, milk or butter¬ 
milk, and afterwards to defend them from stones or dirt by 
wrapping them up.”— Blaine. 
My practice is alioays after shooting, to bathe a dog’s feet 
when unwounded, with brine, which tends greatly to indurate 
and prevent them from becoming sore. If actually sore, I fol¬ 
low Mr. Blaine’s course of treatment. 
