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ng away any of the worms. The following day I 

 gave him two large table spoonfuls of linseed oil ; 

 which not only purged him, but brought away a large 

 quantity of the worms before mentioned, some alive 

 and some dead. Two days after, 1 gave him more 

 oil : in a few days, the dog began to eat, recovered 

 very fast, and got completely well." 



5. Rheumatic or Slavering Madness. 



This disease occasions the dog's head to swell, and 

 his eyes to appear yellow. He will also slaver and 

 drivel at the mouth; to cure which, take four ounces 

 of the powder of the roots of polipody of the oak, six 

 ounces of the juice of fennel roots, with the like 

 quantity of the roots of misletoe, and four ounces of 

 tlue juice of ivy : let these all be boiled together, and 

 given to the dog as hot as he can take it. 



The Distemper, 



As it is called, is another grievous disorder, to 

 which young dogs seem as liable as children are to 

 the srrraH-pox, and which frequently proves fatal. In 

 many cases, where the dog recovers, it will make him 

 lame, in some part or other, the rest of his life. Many 

 medicines are prescribed for it ; but the best advice 

 that can be given on this head is to prevent the viru- 

 lence of the disease by diet. Whenever a young dog 

 is sustained on high food, he is sure to have the dis- 



