Powdered Nux Vomica, 1 to 6 grains.[1] Reduced Iron, 12 to 30 grains. Extract Gentian, _q.s._ Mix. Divide into 12 pills—one to be given twice a day after food. =Pruritus Ani (Inflammation of Skin about Anus)=: _Symptoms_: The skin around anus is red and inflamed, and very irritable; the dog draws himself along the ground on the back parts, and is also frequently trying to lick himself. This condition is often associated with a swollen and congested state of the anal glands. _Treatment_: Try the ointment recommended for external piles, or bathe parts with following lotion— _Recipe_: Carbolic Acid, 1 drachm. Glycerine, 2 drachms. Water to 8 ounces. Mix. If the anal glands are distended, empty by squeezing. (_See_ article on ANAL GLANDS.) In medicine, give from two[1] to fifteen grains of milk of sulphur twice a day. In feeding, avoid much meat. =Psoriasis=: _Symptoms_: A dry and scaly condition of the skin, with small red spots here and there, particularly when the elbows, knees, and hocks are affected, which are the parts more often attacked. _Treatment_: When the disease is spread more or less all over the dog, a dressing made of cocoanut oil six parts, and glycerine one part, well mixed together and applied all over the dog, and repeated once in four days, is beneficial. The dressing should be washed off after a week, using sulphur soap, and then the dog should have two or three times a week, for a time, a sulphur bath made by dissolving one ounce of sulphurated potash in a pail of tepid water. When the disease affects only the joints, apply the following dressing twice a day:— _Recipe_: Methylated Spirits, } Of each one ounce. Green Soft Soap, } Oil of Cade, } Mix. Give the dog worm medicine, also a course of arsenic, from one[1] to six drops of liquor arsenicalis P. B. in water twice a day after food. The dose may be doubled a week later. This medicine should be continued for about a fortnight, but should it cause vomiting, diarrhœa, or loss of appetite, it is at once to be discontinued. =Puerperal Fever=: _Symptoms_: It may occur three or four days after pupping—commences with an attack of shivering—the temperature rises probably to 105, the pulse is quiet and weak. There is great thirst and vomiting, and perhaps diarrhœa. The discharge from vagina ceases, and the secretion of milk stops. The abdomen is distended and painful.