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five grains of thymol (for pups), followed in 

 an hour with another dose of salts (under no 

 circumstances give oil) ; repeat this every other 

 day for three treatments and if no improve- 

 ment is noted in condition of the patient at 

 the end of ten days repeat. Remove the hound 

 from its quarters, as it will soon become rein- 

 fected as the very ground becomes impregnated 

 with them and the germ is almost indestruc- 

 tible. It is an absolute impossibility to raise 

 pups in kennels that have once become infected 

 with the hookworm. 



Hydrophobia 



Hydrophobia is generally supposed to affect 

 hounds more frequently than any other breed; 

 this is not a fact. Hydrophobia is extremely 

 rare in any breed, in fact reputable writers 

 declare there is no such disease, claiming it to 

 be one of imagination only. Occasionally a 

 case may occur in a hound, which will commun- 

 icate it to a whole pack, all of whom may have 

 to be destroyed, whereas a dog of another breed 

 having it would be detected and destroyed be- 

 fore he would have any opportunity of com- 

 municating it to but few others. 



When hounds do have hydrophobia it is most 



