Here the patches are very intractable, the skin having a dry and leathery appearance.
Between the toes, around the eyelids, margins of the ears, are common situations for eczema to make its appearance.
Treatment.—This must be both local, i.e., applied to the diseased part or parts, and general, i.e., directed towards improving the constitution.
Plenty of exercise and a reasonable supply of good, sound, boiled flesh, mixed with bread, night and morning, will do much towards a cure.
Give a bath of sulphurated potash (2 ounces of sulphate of potash to 6 gallons of water) weekly, dry thoroughly and then dress the parts with sulphur ointment, or boracic acid ointment.
If the disease has spread more, or less, over the whole skin, dress with the following liniment.
| ℞ | Paraffin oil | 4 ounces |
| Sulphur flowers | 4 ounces | |
| Oil of tar | 2 ounces | |
| Olive oil | 30 ounces |
Mix. Wash off in six days' time, and repeat once every ten days until cured.
N.B.—A cheap oil (rape, colza, etc.), can be substituted for the olive oil, though these are all distinctly inferior for the purpose.
In addition to the treatment, give the dog a 5-grain blue pill, say once every three or four weeks, and have the following mixture compounded.