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of the gums and canker sometimes ensue, 

 and serious disturbance of the digestive 

 organs very frequently. 



Diarrhoea* 



Diarrhoea is an aihnent very common 

 to puppies, but usually the attack is not 

 serious enough to require any remedy to 

 be administered. Should it continue for a 

 longer period than twenty-four hours, how- 

 ever, measures should be taken to control it. 



In the case of young puppies, the trouble 

 is generally caused by something in the 

 food eaten. The stomach may be over- 

 loaded, or some indigestible substance may 

 have been swallowed ; sudden change of 

 food will also sometimes cause it. In most 

 cases nature will do all that is required, but 

 if the trouble is persistent — especially if the 

 discharges have an offensive odor — the 

 matter should be at once attended to. 



The diarrhoea is the result of nature's 

 effort to remove the offending matter from 



