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of which the dose should be one-half a drop for every 

 week, while from one-fourth to one-third of a drop will be 

 sufficient for the smallest. 



Doses adjusted by this rule may seem to the reader to be 

 very large, yet they are simply moderate or medium, for 

 laudanum and other preparations of opium have much less 

 effect upon the canine than upon the human race ; and in 

 fact a dose that would deeply narcotize a man would 

 scarcely have any appreciable effect upon a dog, especially 

 if suffering from colic. 



As for treatment of worms, the subject is so important 

 and there is so much to be said upon it, an entire chapter, 

 or more, can properly be devoted to it. 



Considering that all men do not appreciate how essen- 

 tial fresh air is to their own health, and that there is a 

 popular prejudice, not altogether confined to the unedu- 

 cated, against it under certain conditions, its importance 

 to canine mothers and their young is not likely to be felt 

 in all instances, consequently there is necessity for 

 emphasizing it here among the special requirements of 

 early puppyhood. 



It is simply impossible for a mother to retain her 

 health and the integrity of milk secretion, or for her little 

 ones to thrive, in a stagnant and vitiated atmosphere. 

 And while all must invariably suffer greatly when fresh 

 air in abundance is denied, the young suffer the most 

 intensely from this cause, and under its influence their 

 blood becomes poor and scanty, nutrition is greatly 

 impaired and growth obstructed; and their vitality con- 

 stantly lowering, they are easy victims to derangements, 

 which are now singularly liable to end fatally, whereas in 

 the presence of fairly good health they might have been 

 resisted, or the resistant powers failing, more than likely 

 they would soon have been recovered from. 



