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CHAPTER VI. 



DISEASES ARISING FROM MISMANAGEMENT OR NEGLECT. 

 Anaemia. — Rickets. — Indigestion. 



POVERTY OF BLOOD (Anemia). 



When puppies are reared in the densely populated parts of our 

 cities, or even in the country where they are crowded together in 

 large numbers, they are weakly in constitution, and their blood is 

 pale, from being deprived of the red particles which fresh air and 

 good food with sunlight will alone produce. The feeding has a 

 good deal to do with this, but not so much as the other causes. 

 The signs are clear enough, the young dog looking emaciated and 

 delicate and his coat staring, while his lips and tongue are of a 

 pale pink as if washed out. Worms are almost always present, 

 and if so they aggravate the disease tenfold. (See p. 429.) The 

 treatment should consist In plenty of fresh air, in the country if 

 possible, admitting the sun on all occasions ; together with good 

 nourishing food, composed of the proper proportions of animal and 

 vegetable ingredients. (See page 215.) Generally a total change 

 in these respects will be the best remedy, but sometimes this cannot 



