1 3 8 Blood Diseases. 



areca nut to be given mixed up in water as a drench, and 

 followed by a dose of castor oil. This is the dose for a 

 very large dog. It may be regulated for all sizes by 

 giving 2 grains of the nut for each pound the dog weighs. 



2. Medicines for Round-Worm. — Infusion of Indian 

 pink, I to 3 table-spoonfuls, on an empty stomach. 



3. Santonine, 3 to 4 or 5 grs. ; jalap, 5 to 10 grs. ; pow- 

 dered ginger, 3 to 5 grs. ; extract of gentian to make a 

 pill. 



4. For Tapeivoi-m. — Kousso, 2 to 4 drms. ; lemon 

 juice, J oz. Mix, and give as a drench, with the addition 

 of a little water, on an empty stomach. This should be 

 followed by a dose of castor oil eight hours after. 



5. For Tapeworm (another plan). — Root of male fern, 

 I to 4 drms.; powdered jalap, 15 grs. Liquorice pow- 

 der or linseed meal enough to form a bolus with water. 



6. Oil of male shield fern, 20 drops; sulphuric ether, 

 60 drops ; oil of turpentine, 30 drops. Mix. Add the 

 white of one egg ; 2 drams of glycerine, and beat to- 

 gether. iVhen thoroughly incorporated administer to the 

 dog when the stomach is empty. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 BLOOD DISEASKS. 



Plethora— Obesity— Anaemia — Rheumatism — Rickets or Rachitis— Inter-breed- 

 ing — Crooked or Eandy-legs — Leuchsemia — Jaundice — Uraemia— Apncea. 



The blood in its circulation or movement through the 

 numberless vessels of the body is exceedingly liable to 

 deterioration by admixture with various foreign substances. 

 The vital constitution is more or less depleted, and when 

 the causes are continued, it fails to nourish the body in 

 its integral parts ; or the excess of foreign materials, 

 although strictly speaking they are food elements, but 



