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aloetic or oleaginous purge has the same effect, but I prefer 

 the iron treatment as the most efficacious and safe. 



Tapeworm is displaced readily by kousso, oil of male fern, 

 turpentine, areca nut, for which I subjoin prescriptions : 



fy Areca nut . . . . J oz. 

 Conserve, as much as sufficient. 



Divide into 12 balls, if for small dogs, and into eight if 

 for large. 



I Oil of male fern ... 20 drops. 

 Made into pill with flour. 



CONSTIPATION. 



All animals are occasionally subject to costiveness. Some 

 are predisposed to this condition, whereas others have rather 

 an opposite tendency. It is more frequently a symptom of 

 disease than meriting the name of a distinct affection, never- 

 theless, in all animals will loss of appetite, abdominal pain, 

 and difficulty in voiding excrement supervene, if the regular 

 peristaltic movement of the intestine and natural condition 

 of the intestinal contents be interfered with. In dogs, this is 

 a troublesome affection, often due to habits of cleanliness en- 

 gendered ; and it is extremely cruel to force an animal not to 

 relieve its bowels, unless when it may please its master to turn 

 it into a convenient place. It is cruel, at all events, if atten- 

 tion be not paid to frequently letting the animal at freedom. 



Treatment. Frequently by regularity and moderation in 

 diet the disease is overcome. Mild laxatives may be occa- 

 sionally employed, but brisk cathartics are only rarely called 

 into requisition. Warm water injections and plenty of exer- 

 cise are to be recommended. 



Constipation is a troublesome, and, indeed, dangerous con- 

 dition in newly-born foals. The meconium or excrement 



