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present. But should such evidence be offered, then the 

 victims should be treated even if they are yet nurs- 

 ing. 



To dose puppies that are only three or four weeks old is 

 no simple matter, for they do not swallow what is given 

 them from a spoon nearly as easily as when drinking well 

 and feeding themselves from a dish. However, if puppies 

 are much troubled with worms at this early age there is 

 but one thing to do, namely, drive out the tenants even 

 though risks are incurred in doing so, for in many instances 

 .speedy death is inevitable unless it is done. And the signs 

 which justify this treatment are vomiting of worms, con- 

 vulsions, or diarrhoea with mucous discharges of reddish 

 color, the same being attended by colic, which is indicated 

 by moaning, or general prostration. 



These symptoms appearing in a puppy of large or me- 

 dium-sized variety and between three and four weeks old, 

 one-half a teaspoonful of No. i should be given ; and fol- 

 lowed by three drops of laudanum in a teaspoonful of water, 

 in all cases of convulsions or colic — but in none other. 



If, now, at the end of an hour worms have not begun to 

 pass, another half teaspoonful of No. i should be adminis- 

 tered; and this should be followed in an hour by a similar 

 dose of laudanum if convulsions or pain persist. 



But if worms have been passed during the first hour it 

 will not be advisable to repeat No. i. The laudanum, 

 however, should be given in three-drop doses every two 

 hours until the convulsions or pain have subsided. And 

 this dose of laudanum is appropriate for all puppies ex- 

 cepting small breeds and toys. 



This worm and opiate treatment is not likely to do 

 harm if it fails to do good. And now comes the reason 

 why preference is given to wormseed oil for use in earliest 

 puppyhood. It is destructive to worms, less so, however, 



