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teaspoonfuls in all ; of areca nut, three and one-half tea- 

 spoonfuls ; and of the oil of male fern mixture, one and 

 one-half teaspoonfuls. 



Therefore he will take of each two-thirds of these doses, 

 or of No. 2, four teaspoonfuls, areca nut a trifle over two 

 and one-half teaspoonfuls, and the oil of male fern mixture 

 one teaspoonful. 



Now, these proportions of No. 2, areca nut and male 

 fern should be put into a bottle, together with about two 

 tablespoonfuls of warm milk, and administered as soon as 

 they are as well mixed as possible by vigorous shaking. 

 And this dose should be followed in the course of an hour 

 or an hour and a half by not less than two tablespoonfuls 

 of castor oil. 



This, which can properly be called a " shot-gun mix- 

 ture," for it must scatter and hit the mark somewhere, 

 should never be given excepting to dogs, of either sex, 

 that are very vigorous and healthy ; and to such it is never 

 at all likely to do any harm when prepared on the lines 

 laid down. 



As for adjusting the doses for thQ small breeds and toys, 

 that should be done in precisely the same way for each 

 class. 



In works treating of worms and anthelmintics it is 

 generally recommended that santonin be given two or 

 three times daily for several days and finally followed by 

 a cathartic. The writer believes that this method of 

 administration is open to objection, especially with 

 very young puppies, since it must increase the liability of 

 poisoning by the drug ; hence he has combined it with 

 wormseed oil ; and two doses of this mixture he has found 

 to be more efficacious than several doses of santonin alone 

 given over several days. However, should the reader 

 desire to give mixture No. 2 to the same puppy several 



