EPILEPSY.— WORMS. 429 



a seton in the back of the neck. The attack, however, is gener- 

 ally fatal, in spite of the most scientific treatment. 



Upikjjs// may be distinguished by the blueness of the lips and 

 gums, and by the constant champing of the jaws and frothing at 

 the mouth, which constantly accompany its attacks. The fit comes 

 on without any notice, frequently in sporting dogs while they are 

 at work, a hot day being specially provocative of it. In the 

 pointer and setter, the fit almost always occurs just after a " point," 

 the excitement of which seems to act upon the brain in producing 

 it. The dog falls directly the birds are sprung, and after lying 

 struggling for a few minutes, or perhaps a quarter of an hour, 

 rises, looking wildly about him, and then sitting or lying down 

 again for a few minutes, he is ready to go to work again, appar- 

 ently unconscious of anything having been the matter. As in 

 chorea so in epilepsy, nothing is known of the caxse, and the trcaf- 

 ment is therefore guided by the most empirical principles. Within 

 the last ten years bromide of potassium has been used with great 

 success in the human subject, but although I have recommended 

 its use in many cases on the dog, I have not heard the result. 

 The dose for a moderate- sized animal is 3 grs. twice a day in a 

 pill, continued for a month at least. 



WORMS. 



Worms are a fertile source of disease in the dog, destroying 

 every year more puppies than distemper itself; and, in spite of 



