SOME CANINE DISEASES AND THEIR REMEDIES. 



imts, and grate them on a nntmeg grater. The dose is from 

 a tea-spoonfnl to a table-spoonful, according to the size of 

 the. animal. If the patient is a puppy, he should be fed 

 milk only for supper the night before taking the medicine, 

 which should be given the next morning on an empty 

 stomach, and followed two hours afterward with a gener- 

 ous dose of castor-oil. It is easier to administer the areca- 

 nut if it is mixed with just enough lard, butter, or molasses 

 to have it hold together in pill form. To give it, grasp the 

 muzzle of the dog with the left hand, the thumb and fore- 

 finger on either side, pressing in the upper lip so as to cover 

 the teeth and prevent biting. The mouth being opened and 

 head up, carry the pill back into the throat as far as possi- 

 ble, and leaving it on the roots of the tongue, close the jaws 

 and keep them together until the dog swallows. If he does 

 not do this at once, pinch his nostrils as you would a 

 baby's; shutting off the breath will be successful. 



Old dogs frequently have tape- worms, of which there are 

 several varieties. Probably dogs which are fed largely on 

 raw meat are the most common victims. In brief, the way 

 in which they become infested is this: Every tape- worm 

 generates eggs which contain the germ from which other 

 tape-worms are developed. Now, these are thrown out of 

 the body. If they are ever taken up again, and enter the 

 stomach of a suitable animal, their envelopes are softened 

 and ruptured and the germs or embryos are set free. In 

 some way or other these leave the intestinal canal and make 

 their way to different parts of the body, meeting conditions 

 favorable to their development. If the flesh in which 

 they are fixed is eaten by another animal, they will when 

 they reach his intestinal canal fasten themselves to the 

 mucous membrane, and develop into tape- worms. 



This method of transition is rather intricate, but can be 

 made clearer by the following illustration: The egg from a 

 tape -worm of a dog is so deposited that in time it is taken 

 up by a sheep; in the body of this it finds the conditions 

 necessary for its development and growth, and becomes 

 what is known as the ccenurus cerebralis, a parasite found 



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