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fested with worms suffer from considerable inflammation 

 of the intestines ; and while this very generally subsides 

 rapidly after the noxious tenants have been driven out, it 

 sometimes persists and keeps the patient ailing for a week 

 or more if it does not eventually kill. Therefore, every- 

 thing possible should be done to favor restoration of the 

 affected parts. And the essential treatment is, to exclude 

 all farinaceous substances from the dietary save toasted 

 bread, and allow but little of that even, and rely chiefly on 

 tnilk, eggs and scraped beef. If the mucous discharges 

 have been large it will be well, also, while restricting the 

 diet, to give an alkali to discourage further excessive se- 

 cretion of mucus, and this requirement is best met by the 

 bicarbonate of soda, "a pinch" of which should be put 

 into the milk three times daily. 



Before summarizing and leaving this subject there area 

 few crumbs to be swept up. 



Dogs are threatened by many different kinds of worms, 

 and while some of the pests are destroyed by a certain 

 vermifuge, others are not affected by it or by any other 

 agent excepting their own peculiar antidote, as it were. 

 Moreover, far oftener than otherwise it will be impossible 

 for the owner to determine excepting by treatment the 

 kind of worm his dog is harboring. Now, wormseed oil, 

 santonin, areca nut and male fern constitute an admirable 

 battery, and when one member of it is resisted some 

 of the others are pretty sure to prove all-powerful ; but 

 acting singly, while sweeping out their own enemies, 

 they must in many instances leave others behind, hence 

 it will often be necessary to unload them all u'pon the in- 

 truders. 



Such occasions as this, however, seldom present them- 

 selves in the first year of life, and as a rule one member of the 

 battery does the work for all. But after the sixth month, 



