This is not contagious, and in this respect, differs from mange, which is. It is a constitutional trouble and no external application alone will ever cure it, and you simpy waste time and medicine giving external treatment alone,, for to insure a cure of this disease, internal and external treatment both are required. Neither must you expect to cure it up in a short time, which you ran do in mange, for eczema requires time and patience on your part - and the proper treatment. The blood must he purified, and you know that if you yourself were "taking a spring medicine for a general cleaning out and getting your blood in the right condition you would not expect to do it on one single bottle of Dr. Somebody's Sarsa-parilla. Eczema requires a proper course of medicine, but can be cured. In this disease,the hair sacks or follicles are the "principal seat of the dis3ase, becoming inflamed, and if the animal is a white one the hair assumes a. rusty or reddish color at the roots. The inside of the thighs, back of the forelegs, the elbows and belly am the parts first affected. Prompt means must he taken at this tims to check it up or inflammation increases rapidly, and the entire skin and subcutaneous tissues will be involved, the hair drops out from the affected follicle, purulent matter exudes and pustules form, which break open, the matter from them running together and forming scabs, which crack open and bleed, and the animal has become a pitiful and loathsome object, emitting a very disagreeable odor.

In my forty years' experience in handling dogs I hate found at least fifty cases of eczema to one of mange. Any skin trouble appearing on a dog the first conclusion of so many is that it is mange, and here is where the mistake often comes in. Eczema is curable in a dog the same as in a human, but patience and regular, persistent treatment must be expected to be given the patient.

In every article on eczema given herein Eberhart's Skin Cure will do the work externally, and nothing more certain to use for the external part of the treatment, in lieu of any others advised in either of the articles. It is also safe and non-poisonous.

It will require a month or even two or three months' treatment to effect a cure in eczema, but if you follow treatment, and keep it up faithfully, you will surely be rewarded for your trouble by again seeing your dog as he should be - in his usual good health and condition.

A couple years ago I found out something new to use internally, for the blood, in connection with my skin remedy,, externally. A pure white sulphur, only obtainable of a homeopathic druggist, and is called - Sulphur 12X. I succeeded in curing up several cases of chronic eczema that I had failed with before. One was a Chow Chow, a long-coated dog, that was almost bare of hair, using the skin remedy once a day, well rubbed in with the hands, and giving him morning and night, mixed in his food, (as it is tasteless), as much as would hold on a silver dime. Sometimes I gave it dry, by opening mouth and dropping it well back on his tongue, mornings, when his breakfast was dry Spratt's dog cakes. This dogs coat came out full, this part mostly due to my skin remedy, which is a hair grower. If no homeopathic druggist in your town, your druggist can order it for you, or, you can get it from me. I consider this valuable treatment for eczema, as so far, it has not failed to cure.

If your dog has skin trouble, find out whether it Is eczema, or one of the several kinds of mange, see "Mange",.also.

The following, on eczema, written by Dr. F. Holmes Brown, is an able article on this subject: .

"Eczema in the dog manifests many of the same signs and symptoms of the same disease found in man. No disease in the whole range of skin diseases is so difficult to treat properly. In eczema in the dog it is especially important that one first of all find out what is causing the disease, then seek to remove it. In that way only can we hope for success.

"Eczema is an acute or chronic catarrhal inflammatory disease of the skin. In the dog it manifests itself in two separate and distinct forms; first, the blotch or nervous or neurotic form, and second, the red mange or irritative form. The lesions in this disease vary according to the acting cause, the seat of the disease and the care given the dog. The blotch or neurotic form attacks the skin on the head and along the back. This form is similar to the "milk crust" found in children, and Is due to much the same causes. The red mange is that form in which the skin is generally red, but it is more visible under the legs, on the back and abdomen.

"The usual form of eruption in canine eczema clnsists of a large number of small water pimples or vesicles frequently covering a large extent of skin. These are formed close together, forming quite large water blisters. When opened these look cellular in structure from the many small pimples of which they are composed. They terminate either by absorption or rupture. They come In crops and remain for varying periods of time. All dogs are liable to attacks of this disease. Eczema becomes chronic after repeated attacks. When we have a subdued form, there is a greater tendency to crusting, and in severe cases to the formation of pus. In the blotch, lack of exercise, constipation, over-feeding, injurious foods and indigestion are the main causes. In the red mange form, lack of assimilation, rheumatism, gout, and external irritation, as lice and ticks act as causes. In both of these forms, lack of exercise is one of the most important causes. This results in an over-heated blood surcharged with the partly assimilated food, and in nature seek3 to get rid of this excess of effete material by the skin.

"This is carried off by the exudation. This is a law of nature, when the ordinary channels are clogged, to try and excrete these substances through the skin. This is particularly so in cases due to rheumatism, where nature seeks to rid the system of the excess of uric acid and urates. These substances act as direct irritants to the skin, and set up a catarrhal inflammation. Washing dogs affected with eczema is to be avoided, as much as possible, as both water and soap act as a direct irritant to the already inflamed skin. The sulphate of magnesia or soda is in the beginning of-treatment of great value. When there is much constitutional disturbance, opium and calomel in grain doses are indicated. Benzoated oxide of zinc ointment in the milder forms is of great benefit. Tincture of arnica, 15 to 20 grains to the ounce, of an oily lotion is of value. Lotions containing salol or salicylic acid from five to thirty grains to the ounce, resorcin in the same proportion. Dusting powders composed of acetanilid, salol, salicylic acid, or resorcin with sterate of zinc as a base, is of value. When disease is due to debility, mineral tonics and cod liver oil should be given. When the disease becomes chronic, stronger remedies must be used; ointments containing juniper tar, green soap and sulphur are of value. The ointment of the nitrate and ammoniate of mercury are much used. In cases where the skin is especially sensitive, silver nitrate, 1 grain to the ounce of water will often effect a cure. In the chronic cases, especially, iron, arsenic, calomel and quinine are to be used. The animal, while undergoing treatment, should be kept clean, and give plenty of exercise. An eruption, resembling eczema, may be induced by large doses of mercury. The skin becomes red and swollen, then forms large scales and hardens. This eruption is generally limited to the limbs and scrotum. Some of the symptoms are salivation, loss of appetite, eyelids closed, dullness, offensive odor from the skin, and rarely, death."