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 mixed with froth. Sometimes, wlsen loose stools are 

 tiie consequence of worms, on the taking any astriu- 

 geot medicine, tliey become of a proper consistence, 

 but they soon return to their former state. The 

 belly hkewise is often hard, and som^eiimes swelled. 

 When puppies have worms, the first that are passed 

 are seldom but little noticed, for they seem to affect 

 the health but little; but gradually purging becomes 

 more frequent, and the animal, though lively, wastes, 

 and his hip-bones may be plainly felt, though the 

 staring of the coat may make him still appear fat : 

 the growth likewise is completely stopped, and in 

 this way it is very common for puppies to continue, 

 till a fit or two carries them off. In grown do^^s. 

 worms are less fatal, though, from tlie obstructions 

 they form, they not unfrequently kill; they like- 

 wise, in grown dogs, produce [its, the first of whicli 

 is passed over, and little notice is taken till a second 

 appears, and so on. It does not follow, because no 

 worms are seen to pass away, tliat the dog has none ; 

 i-or, because they are not seen, does it follow even 

 that none pass; for if they remain long after they 

 are dead in the intestines, they are digested like other 

 animal matter: this is frequently the case when do"s 

 take medicines that destroy them ; for they become 

 digested, and pass away dissolved. 



Worms occasion such an irritability of the bov/cls, 

 partit'ularly in young dogs, that strong purging me- 

 dicines to dislodge them cannot with safety be given. 

 The remedies I make use of Vv ith the greatest success 

 are the 



Worm Powders [page 23], and which in every 

 mstance reuiove them with safety and certainty. 



