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condition : when it is of a proper kind, it increafes 

 their wind, vigour, and durability. In the firft 

 ftages of diftemper, purging is particularly falutary, 

 and fliould always be encouraged by proper pur- 

 gatives. 



Dogs fhould be very carefully purged : they do 

 not bear ftrong phyfic ; and I have feen ver}' fatal 

 effeds from adminiliering them too llrong, particu- 

 larly of the mercurial kind. It is not fafe to give a 

 5'oung fmall dog more of any fubflance than would 

 purge a child ; and a large full grown dog will fel* 

 dom bear more than a hearty man. 



The phyjic I generally make ufe of for all the 

 aforementioned purpofes, and which anfwers thefe 

 purpofes with fafety and efficacy^ may be feen un- 

 der the title 



Condition Physic [page 30]. It is fo com- 

 pounded, as to have regulated dofes in each package, 

 adapted to the various fizes, ages, and ftrengths of 

 dogs. 



WORMS. 



There is no complaint, diftemper excepted, that 

 deftroys fo many dogs as worms : almoft every dog 

 has them at fome period of his life, and many have 

 them always. There are feveral kinds of worms that 

 affeft dogs. The tape worm is a common kind ; and 

 it is not an unufual circumftance for a puppy to pafs 



