F. Hobday to E. Nettleship, 12th Feb. 1910.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Frederick HobdaySent To (Definite): Edward NettleshipDate: 12 Feb 1910
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Sent fromFrederick Hobday
12 Feb 1910
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‘Dear Nettleship,
Pray accept my apologies for not having answered your last letter ere this. I am sorry to read that you have got the Pekingese affected with those wretched lice as they are an awful nuisance to get rid of completely unless one clips the coat off – which is a pity in a Pekingese.
My advice is that you use the following lotion:
Re: Camphorae Pwdr.[?] 3 iii.
[illeg.] neat 3viii
for lotion.
[illeg.]: apply with the fingers, lightly but thoroughly, to about one third of the body each day for three consecutive days. Repeat this a week later again a week after this in order to catch the young lice as they hatch out. As a rule this cures them.
Don’t forget that the stuff is inflammable & must not be applied near a naked light - also that it is cold & therefore the little dogs should not be allowed to shiver in an outhouse or kennel or half an hour afterwards.
Now is the time to get rid of them as in the summer weather they multiply in myriads. The secret is to apply continuously over a period of at least three or four weeks to catch the young ones as they hatch our for the eggs on the hairs are most tenacious of life.
Basket & rugs &c. should be carefully washed in disinfectant solution – Jeys’ fluid being as good as any & all the dogs must be dome – no good to do some & have others to reinfect them afterwards.
Once you have got ahead of it the only thing necessary is to occasionally apply the stuff to (& around) any places where they scratch, when this is observed.
The account of your albino experiment is very interesting & I should like an account of them for the Veterinary Journal, of which I am Chief Editor.
Will you let me have this? Are you testing Mendel’s theory at all?
Kind regards,
Yrs sincerely,
F.[G?]. Hobday.’
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Sent toEdward Nettleship
12 Feb 1910
Description:
‘Dear Nettleship,
Pray accept my apologies for not having answered your last letter ere this. I am sorry to read that you have got the Pekingese affected with those wretched lice as they are an awful nuisance to get rid of completely unless one clips the coat off – which is a pity in a Pekingese.
My advice is that you use the following lotion:
Re: Camphorae Pwdr.[?] 3 iii.
[illeg.] neat 3viii
for lotion.
[illeg.]: apply with the fingers, lightly but thoroughly, to about one third of the body each day for three consecutive days. Repeat this a week later again a week after this in order to catch the young lice as they hatch out. As a rule this cures them.
Don’t forget that the stuff is inflammable & must not be applied near a naked light - also that it is cold & therefore the little dogs should not be allowed to shiver in an outhouse or kennel or half an hour afterwards.
Now is the time to get rid of them as in the summer weather they multiply in myriads. The secret is to apply continuously over a period of at least three or four weeks to catch the young ones as they hatch our for the eggs on the hairs are most tenacious of life.
Basket & rugs &c. should be carefully washed in disinfectant solution – Jeys’ fluid being as good as any & all the dogs must be dome – no good to do some & have others to reinfect them afterwards.
Once you have got ahead of it the only thing necessary is to occasionally apply the stuff to (& around) any places where they scratch, when this is observed.
The account of your albino experiment is very interesting & I should like an account of them for the Veterinary Journal, of which I am Chief Editor.
Will you let me have this? Are you testing Mendel’s theory at all?
Kind regards,
Yrs sincerely,
F.[G?]. Hobday.’
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