The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

mon in warm climates, and the irrita-
 ton is even worse than in ordinary cank-
 CT; the little brutes are very prolific and
 persistent breeders, and often, when one
 thinks that he has got rid of them, in two or three weeks there is another strong
 and flourishing colony doing it's best to
 drive the dog into state bordering on
 lInacy.
 The constant Tapping of the ear and
 rubbing it on the ground which dog is
 compelled to do by the irritation caused
 by the foregoing diseases, results in a
 bruising of the ear flap and swelling from
 the collection of blood and serum in the soft tissue between the inner and outer
 sides.
 One way to cure this troublesome con- diton is to cut the ear well open and get out all the diseased stuff from inside, and get it to heal as completely as possible with the exception of a small drainage
 which must be kept open as long as pos
 sIble so that as the fluid recollects it's outward passage must be assured. The amateur should not attempt this. Seek the services of a veterinary.
 Allied to these and often mistaken for them are ticks in the ear; these pests bury themselves right out of sight, and a careless examination is very likely to overlook them. If they are pulled out with forceps, care must be taken to pull out the head as well, for it is buried in the skin, and if left in will cause a great deal of irritation.
 Another very troublesome condition is scurfiness of the edge of the flap of the ear which causes the hair to fall off
 and makes the dog look very unsightly indeed. Pleas also breed in the bottom of the dogs ear, and the irritation they cause is very often excessive, for they burrow right down into the tube that connects the ear with the throat, and cause an inflammatory condition which nearly drives the dog mad.
 Canker is of two kinds, internal and ex- ternal, and though if of long standing a most loathsome ailment, it yields read fly to common sense treatment. The first is the result of inflammation of the in- terior of the ear from an unlimited num- Der of causes, and steadily aggravated by the scratchings and shaking of the suffer- CT, discharge commences. This if not attended to speedily becomes both puru- lent and copious.
 External canker consists in a sort of greater or less extent at the tip of the | ear, sometimes result of the continual shaking of the victim of the internal variety, but it is apt to occur in any dog who shakes his ears much and whose
 blood is out of order through too gen. erous diet Though minute at the com mencement, the constant shaking the irri- tation causes induces it to spread with great rapidity, and in some dogs ears through repeated attacks, I have seen pieces hollowed out of the ear the size of a quarter or more.
 Take the leg of a stocking sufficiently long to draw over half the muzzle and skull cut eye holes and run tapes or elastic through both ends to fit on the muzzle and neck One of the best treat ments of both internal and external cank- CT I have found is ordinary zinc oint- ment. Secure a box at the druggists, warm a teaspoonful so as to be thin enough to run off the spoon and then pour into the dogs ear. working well into interior. have seen this treatment cure both kinds of the disease. When the above mentioned cap is put over the head the