Apply with friction once a day.
Lips (Cracked):
Symptoms: The lips along the edges become dry, thick, and crack as the result of eczema.
Treatment: Paint once or twice a day with sulphurated calcium lotion; when cracks healed, anoint with boracic ointment. Give cooling medicine, as bicarbonate of potash and sulphate of magnesia, from two to ten grains of each,[1] twice a day with food.
Lips (Sore):
Symptoms: Unhealthy-looking ulcers assuming the form of cancer or lupus occasionally form on the lips.
Treatment: Clean frequently with a saturated solution of boracic acid, and paint the ulcer with a twenty-five per cent. solution of chromic acid twice a week.
Liver (Sluggish):
Symptoms: Indifferent appetite and loss of condition, the coat staring; bowels constipated, and the motions white or slate colour. Dog vomits in the morning. Tongue white and coated, and the breath foul. Eyes congested.
Treatment: Give from one to six grains[1] of grey powder, which repeat in a few days; also give a course of the following:—