ON WORMS. 87 



When young hounds first come up from their quar- 

 ters, nine out of ten are generally more or less af- 

 flicted with them. In this case, a few doses of sulphur 

 and high feeding will very frequently remove them ; 

 but in some instances they appear so firmly rooted in 

 the stomach, as to defy every medicine which may be 

 administered for the expulsion. Calomel in doses of 

 from eight to ten grains, given every third morning, 

 is a good medicine ; but the dog must be fed exceed- 

 ingly high during that time, and also after physicing, 

 as the disease proceeds from weakness of stomach in 

 a great measure ; after three or four doses, physic 

 mildly with salts and sulphur, feeding very high. 

 Turpentine has also been frequently and successfully 

 given, both in the form of pills made with flower, and 

 also tied up in little pieces of wet bladder like 

 boluses. I have tried all these recipes, but the fol- 

 lowing is the most efflcacious with which I have ever 

 met. — Take of 



Calomel six grains 



Tartarized antimony one and a half grains 

 Powdered jalap ten grains 

 To be made into a pill, and to be repeated if necessary. 



This is also an excellent prescription for foulness, 

 as it is called in the kennel. 



The numerous medicines recommended for the cure 

 of worms in dogs may be divided into two classes, the 

 mechanical and chemical. 



The mechanical are those which expel the worms 

 from the stomach, frequently alive, by the pain and 

 irritation they cause to them, as fihngs of tin, powder 

 of cowhage, and bruised glass. The chemical are 



