Breeding, training, management, diseases & c of dogs: . e the intestines have containednothing but worms, proving that what shouldhave nourished the animal had been completelyabsorbed by them. Cough is sometimes indica-tive of their presence, consequently mayBometimes be relieved by the worm emetic of common salt is a good beginningtowards their destruction, as they often lodge WORMS- 28S in the stomach and sometimes creep out at themonth and even through the nose. If a dogdoes not gain flesh on a reasonable allowanceof food, he may be suspected of worms andtreated accordingly Cal
Breeding, training, management, diseases & c of dogs: . e the intestines have containednothing but worms, proving that what shouldhave nourished the animal had been completelyabsorbed by them. Cough is sometimes indica-tive of their presence, consequently mayBometimes be relieved by the worm emetic of common salt is a good beginningtowards their destruction, as they often lodge WORMS- 28S in the stomach and sometimes creep out at themonth and even through the nose. If a dogdoes not gain flesh on a reasonable allowanceof food, he may be suspected of worms andtreated accordingly Calomel, of course is a great worm cure, \m\I never use it, because I consider the remedyworse than the disease. WORM DOSES. ounce Steel-filings, mixed in fat andmade into twenty-four pills, one more or less,to be given every n\orning, according to size ofdog. Cowage; 48 grains powderedAloes; made into 12 pills, one more or less tobe given every morning, pinch, more or less of powdered Glass,milled ia suet, each RHEUMATISM, PALSY, PARALYSIS, Diseases of the nerves are not at all uncommonwith dogs, and arc by no means the most easyof maniigement, as they are often the focus ofother maladies, which seem to revenge them-selves on the nervous system, a*nd must not beconsidered mere local affections. They are nothowever so difficult to cure, if taken to in time,before t!ie muscles become too contracted toadmit of restoration. Of co-urse the longer thecontraction has existed, tiie more distant tliccure ; therefore all nervous affections shouldbe taken in liand at the earliest stages. Rheumatic affections in dogs, (as well in asthe hwman race) are more effectually treated bysimple preventives, than by any amount ofGamboge, Colocynth, Calomel, &.c. The fol- KllEUMATISM, &C. 235 lowin;^ causes may snggeat tlic most naturalremedies, viz : sleeping in the damp, exposureto cold after violent exercise, sudden changefrom heat to cold, lack of sufficie
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