The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
Mango

Dogs are subject to various affections troubles ought really to begin with ref erence to the manner in which the skin of dog acts. There is difference be- tween the method of precipitation which characterizes the dog and that which characterizes other animals and human beings. You never see a dog steaming like horse-his method is to lie down and pant. the precipitation Qf such it may be caleld) being through the agency of the tongue and mouth. Beside this. the dog only seems to perspire where the skin is thinnest-for instance, under the armpits and on the belly, where there is little or no hair. The skin also is of different thicknesses on various parts of the body, and this explains how it is that dog, when he has particular feelings of surprise or anger. can erect the hairs on his back or tail. This would not be possible if the skin were thin, as it is on the belly. On the back it is thicker and harder than elsewhere, and, of course, the hairs on the back are stronger in consequence, because, to enable the dog to "get up his back" as the saying is, hard skin and coarse hair vii be nec- essary.
 Most people who have not had experi- ence with dogs whenever they see an animal scratching itself or losing it's hair, or suffering in any way from skin or blood troubles, assume that it has what they are pleased to term "mange." Now, it will be within the mark to pre- mise that not one case in a dozen of skin irritation is mango but by far the largest percentage of cases are either due to some simple impurity in the blood or else they are due to eczema-leaving out of consideration the question of par asites, about which we shall have some thing to say later.
 As to the different kinds of skin dis ease, VIC may first of all refer to what is generally known as mango. They are two kinds of mango, scaroptic and folli- cular mango, and let it be understood that we are now speaking of what really and actually is mango proper Any dog that scratches himself is set down by ar ignorant public as suffering from manse, but it does not follow that because ig- nOrant people say so, therefore the dog really is suffering from that When d dog has got this parasitic disease, it is really pitiful to see how much the animal suffers. for the irritation is something indescribable in many cases and the auf- ferings of an animal badly affected really are SuCI dS tO call TOT the pity ol dll kindly disposed persons. How to dis tinguish a case of mange proper from what is not mango is not a very difficult matter. Where mango parasites are pres ent, they burrow under the skin and set up little scabs full of pustular matter, which cannot be mistaken. Both forms of mango are somewhat similar.
 When a dog is suffering from mango, half measures are not of any use. It would be far kinder to tie a millstone round his neck and drop him into deep fering from this dreadful disease without vigorous treatment. The. owner there fore must make up his mind that the treatment required must be of drastic nature.
 Mange is true parasitic disease, bred originally by filth and neglect, but often transmitted to healthy well-kept animals by contact with other verminous CUTS; it does not constitute. however, one-half or one-quarter of the skin complaints that prevail, the vast majority of which may be that a case is scarcely eczema but merely surfeit or "blotch.'' as 1t used to be called by the old-time fancy -an overloaded condition of the blood due to various causes-wrong feeding. want of exercise and the like.
 Mange, which must not be confused with eczema or ''red rash,' is a com plaint due to the presence of parasites which burrow under the skin of the dog, and set up a pustular eruption.
 It is usual to say that mango is due to dirty surroundings. but that is only partly true. Dirt may encourage it, but it does not originate the mango para site. A dog kept chained up in a filthy kennel. with dirty skin and matted hair,