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written to the Spratts people, telling them that 

 their puppy capsules are too large for very 

 small pups of the Boston terrier breed, and their 

 manager has assured me he will have some made 

 half the size. I think when the pups are about 

 seven weeks old, when they are generally 

 weaned, it is good, safe, precautionary measure 

 to give them another dose of worm medicine, 

 when we use, 



Santonine, four grains. 



Wormseed oil, twenty drops. 



Oil of turpentine, three drops. 



Olive of anise, sixteen drops. 



Olive oil, two drachms. 



Castor oil, six drachms. 



Warm slightly, shake thoroughly and give one 

 teaspoonful on an empty stomach, and I think 

 it will be found that the worms will be elimin- 

 ated. I have found it also a good plan every 

 little while to give a teaspoonful of linseed oil 

 to young dogs. For several years I was troubled 

 with the loss of puppies eight or nine weeks old 

 that had been effectually freed from worms, that 

 seemed to gradually fade away, as it were, but 

 an autopsy plainly revealed the cause. The 

 mother, after eating a hearty meal, would return 

 and vomit what she had eaten on the hay which 

 the puppies would greedily devour. In so doing 

 they swallowed some of the hay, which effected 



