Eczema:
A non-contagious skin disease.
Symptoms: Skin irritable; dog frequently scratching, also licking and biting himself. Clusters of fine vesicles appear at different parts; the skin afterwards becomes dry and scaly, unless the dog by constantly licking himself makes the parts sore and raw. Parts principally attacked around eyes, the lips, outside and inside of ears, along top of back, root of tail; but any part may become affected.
Treatment: Bathe affected parts often with following lotion:—
Recipe:
| Wright’s Solution Coal Tar, | 1 ounce. |
| Goulard’s Extract of Lead, | 1 drachm. |
| Glycerine Boracis, | 1 ounce. |
| Distilled or Rain Water to | 8 ounces. |
| Mix. | |
Or, apply following ointment twice a day:—
Recipe:
| Resorcin, | 1 scruple. |
| Cieolin, | 20 minims. |
| Almond Oil, | 1 drachm. |
| Lanoline, | 1 ounce. |
| Mix. | |
Apply night and morning.