WORMS. 



There is no complaint, distemper excepted, that 

 (kslroys so manv dojjs as worms: almost every doij 

 has thcni at some period of his liie, and many have 

 iheni always. There are several kinds of worms that 

 aifect dogs. The tape icQrm is a common kind ; and 

 it is not an unusual circumstance for a puppy to pass 

 four or five Imndred joints of these \^orms, whose 

 Jinited lenGth w^ouUl encircle ilic whole bodv many 

 limes. 1 have seen instances wijere one of these 

 Avorms coiled itself up into one ball, and so made an 

 imncnetrahle obstruction, of which the do£j died. 

 Anotiier kind is the Ions; round wonii, similar to tlie 

 human. These sonietiines crawl from the intestines 

 into the stomach, anil, making the dog sick, are 

 broughl up; ul others, they pass only from the anus; 

 but I have observed they more frequently produce 

 fatal effects when brought by the mouth. There 

 ' is a third kind, not nmch unlike maggots, with red 

 heads: these are not so frequent as the two former, 

 and I think not so fatal. ^A fourth kind, which are 

 likewise less fatal, are similar to the human ascarides, 

 or thread worm. 



Worms are particularly fatal to pupp'es ; and 

 when they exist in any considerable quantities, they 

 commonly destroy them. Worms are easily delected, 

 even though they should not pass aw ay ; for, w hen a 

 dog has mi*ny worms, his coat always stares; he 

 eats voraciously, but seldom fattens; he has fre- 

 quently a cough, and in puppies the nose commonly 

 runs : but the stools are the most uiiequivocal symp- 

 toms; for these are commonly loose, sliiny, and 



