352 THE DOG IN DISEASE. 



Powdered charcoal, given with the food of puppies, in 

 one-half to one-teaspoonful doses twice a day, occasionally, 

 is both a preventive and a cure {vermicide). Every means 

 that will produce a vigorous condition of the animal as a 

 whole, and the intestinal tract especially, will be useful. 



Treatment. — This may be divided into preparatory and 

 medicinal. The object of treatment is primarily to expel 

 the worms ; hence it is important that remedies shall reach 

 them readily, and find them in a somewhat famished con- 

 dition. 



It is always desirable to allow the subject to fast — if a 

 weaned puppy, eight to twelve hours ; if a dog over nine 

 months, from sixteen to twenty-four hours. There will be 

 no harm done, and possibly something gained, especially 

 in the case of tape-worm, by giving a dose of castor oil 

 several hours before the anthelmintic proper. 



The following are the principal remedies recommended 

 for the round worm : Santonine, wormwood, calomel and 

 jalap, pink-root and senna, kousso, hellebore, pomegran- 

 ate bark, turpentine, areca nut, kameela or pumpkin, 

 squash seeds, wormseed oil, etc. 



For tape-worm : Areca nut, kousso, pomegranate, tur- 

 pentine, and oil of male fern. 



An old and valuable remedy for round worms, and the 

 safest and best of all, perhaps, for very young puppies, is 

 wormseed oil. This, in dose of one to four drops, may be 

 given to puppies of four to six weeks of age. It is well 

 to combine the remedy with a drop of oil of aniseseed or 

 oil of peppermint and a drop of turpentine, the whole to 

 be well mixed with a teaspoonful of castor oil (for toy 

 puppies a little less), warmed and floated on a little milk. 



