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As a daily drink give infusion of the queen of the meadow, 
one ounce in a quart of boiling water; sweeten with lump 
suga*, and drink freely. You cannot take too much ofit. In 
change with above meadow-sweet wine (see index) may 
be taken during convalescence. A good tonic can be given, 
such as— 
Tincture of Golden Seal .........++.+- One ounce. 
Tincture of Capsicum... . eee ceeeeeeeees One drachm. 
Ten to fifteen drops three times a day in a wineglass of water. 
If the cough is troublesome, use the cough syrup. 
PEMFHAGUS. 
This is another skin disease, consisting of small or large 
blebs, or vesicles, filled with water, which dry into yellow 
points. Patches of them, forming scabs, that fall off, 
leaving the skin red, which in the chronic case heals, it would 
seem to prepare fora fresh crop, that follow each other in 
succession. There are the two common varieties—acute and 
chronic, the former occurring in young children. This 
trouble is so closely related to eczema that the treatment given 
there will suit in this case. It sometimes happens that cases 
will be met with that resist all treatment. We had such acase 
a short time ago. The doctors had exhausted their patience ; 
we had failed. We heard that a former medical man had 
cured him with a medicine containing iron. Truly there are 
more ways of killing a dog than hanging him. Medicine, in 
disease, is very erratic sometimes. 
LICHEN, 
In its simple form, is a skin affection which appears in small 
pimples, principally on the fore arms, but often on the shoulders 
and breast. It is sometimes attended with severe itching. 
The colour ofthe pimples, which appear in clusters, is dark red 
orwhite. There are other forms of the trouble which are 
generally given other names, but as they are all relatives, 
arising from similar causes, (extreme heat, derangement of the 
stomach and bowels, low vitality, impure air, imperfect 
