330 DISEASES OF DOGS : WOKMS. 



(RECIPE, No. 25.) 



Take— AssafcEtida, fiteen grains ; 



Valerian, in powder, one scruple : 



Syrup, or conserve, enough to form into a ball. 



CHAP. XI. 



WORMS. 



Worms are very apt to infest the intestines of 

 dogs, and prove very injurious to them. The 

 symptoms which indicate the presence of these 

 animals are, the dog appears lean and indisposed ; 

 he has a hackling cough, sometimes eats twice as 

 much as dogs usually do ; his coat stares; he has 

 frequent twitchings of his belly; his bowels are ir- 

 regular, sometimes very bound, and at others loose, 

 and his fseces of a slimy appearance. The dog's 

 belly is frequently hard and tumid; the worms 

 also often cause fits. Dogs that have worms often 

 void them at the anus, or by the mouth, without 

 medicines being giving, and even when they were 

 not suspected ; but this arises commonly from the 

 person being unacquainted with the symptoms of 

 worms. Sometimes indeed worms are not readily 

 detected, particularly in puppies ; but there is ge- 

 nerally in them some one symptom or other to 



