_Symptoms_: A dog does not perspire from the skin when in health, but he occasionally does when suffering from some skin diseases; and puppies in the nest, when ill and not thriving, will become quite wet from perspiration. It is always a bad sign, and shows the dog or puppy is in a very bad state of health. _Treatment_: In the case of puppies, give the mother a dose of castor oil, and dust the youngsters all over two or three times a day with finely-powdered boracic acid one part, kaolin eight parts, mixed together. In the case of adult dogs, give daily a sulphur bath, made by dissolving one ounce of sulphurated potash in four gallons of tepid water; after well drying, dust the inside of the thighs, abdomen, armpits, etc., with the powder recommended for puppies. For medicine give a course of arsenic, as from one[1] to eight drops of Fowler’s solution in water after food. =Phimosis=: _Symptoms_: The opening of the sheaf or prepuce is so small that the male organ cannot pass through. _Treatment_: Nothing but a surgical operation is of any use, which consists in enlarging the opening, and sewing the skin to the mucus membrane. =Phthisis=: _Symptoms_: Chronic hacking cough; the temperature is always a degree or two above normal; loss of condition; the muscles of the neck, body, and limbs become wasted. If the expectorations are examined by the microscope, the tubercle bacilli will be found. _Treatment_: Generally incurable; but making the dog live out of doors, and giving plenty of cod-liver oil, with a generous diet of raw meat, sometimes does good. It is a mistake to keep a dog suffering from consumption amongst people, as the danger of infection is too great a risk. [Illustration: OLD ENGLISH SHEEP DOG, CHAMPION RAGGED MAN. The property of Mr. Aubrey Hopwood, 36 Sackville Street, W. [_face p. 212._] =Piles (External)=: _Symptoms_: Dogs do not suffer from internal piles, but old dogs occasionally have a form of external piles; then the anus becomes red, inflamed, and swollen; small red pimples form about the part, inducing a good deal of irritation, and causing the dog to drag the hind parts along the ground. _Treatment_: Dab the parts often with the following lotion:— _Recipe_: Goulard’s Extract of Lead, 1 drachm. Tincture of Opium, 1 ” Water to 6 ounces. Mix. Or the following ointment may be tried:— Goulard’s Extract of Lead, 1 drachm. Finely-powdered Boracic Acid, 1 scruple. Cream, 1 ounce. Mix. Apply night and morning. Some cooling medicine, as the following, does good:— Cream of Tartar, 1 ounce. Bicarbonate of Potash, 1 ” Milk of Sulphur, 1 ” Powdered Sulphate of Magnesia, 1 ” From sufficient to cover a threepenny-piece to a teaspoonful[1] twice a day with food.