72 WORMS. 



be regarded as a sovereign remedy, and there are few cases 

 which it will not effectually cure take 



Linseed oil - 9 half a pint 



oil of turpentine, two drachms* 



repeat the dose, if necessary. 



The leaves of the walnut tree, General Hanger informs us are 

 an effectual remedy for worms. " In summer, when the leaves 

 are green, they must be dried and baked on a plate before the 

 fire, then rubbed to a fine powder with the hands. In winter, 

 when dry, you must buy them at the medical herb shop, Covent 

 Garden. I gave my dog two largish tea-spoons full, heaped 

 up ; first boiling half a pint of milk, letting it cool, and putting 

 the powdered leaves into it : the dog will take it well ; but he 

 will not take it in grease, for the leaves have a very strong 

 taste and smell. By the bye, I caution all sportsmen never to 

 give dogs milk, which has not been boiled, for it will purge them 

 as much as a dose of physic. I gave my dog, eight days follow- 

 ing, one dose ; after which, for above two months, he never 

 voided one single worm. 



There is a peculiar excellence in these leaves ; they never, in 

 the least, purged my dog : his body was in the same state, as 

 if I never had given him any thing. This is a vast benefit ; 

 for, as it does not purge the dog, it may be given him even 

 when he hunts. I am told by medical men, who have studied 

 botany, that walnut leaves are a positive poison to worms, but 

 by no means detrimental to man or beast. 



You may observe, in the autumn, when the caterpillars and 

 grubs eat the leaves of trees, and destroy the garden stuff, you 

 will never see the leaves of walnut trees eaten by them : no 

 caterpillar nor grub will approach a walnut tree. Besides, I 

 will give you another proof of their abhorrence of walnut leaves : 



" I am supposing a full grown dog. 



