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ment and wash, in very cold weather, nor 

 unless your dog lies warm and dry. I 

 know not what might be the consequence 

 of such imprudence; but surely, with proper 

 care, the dog can receive no injury. 



The most cursed and tormenting malady a 

 dog can have, is to be badly troubled with 

 worms. Give him the best of food, it does 

 him but little good ; he alwaj^s looks 

 unkindly in his coat, and will not carry 

 flesh. I have generally been very suc- 

 cessful in destroying the worms in dogs, 

 BY THE USE OF CALOMEL ; nor have I used 

 any thin^ else for years : the quantity worms in 



^ ^ ' ^ ' Dogs. 



I GIVE IS TEN GRAINS ; FOUR DOSES, 



STOPPING ONE DAY BETWEEN EACH DOSE. 



This year, 1813, I had a dog so troubled 

 with them for above ten months, so very bad, 

 that I could not destroy them. I tried 

 many things: f{V^t, four closes of calomel, ten 

 grains in each dose ; then I gave him 

 saviti; then bear's-foot; after that, poivdered 

 glass, four doses, as much in each dose as 

 would lie on a shilling, heaped up. Then 

 a medical gentleman of my acquaintance 

 told me that I did not give him enough 



