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month the puppy is old, up to six months, six grains being the 

 full dose for the dog. This should be given two or three times a 

 week, till the dog seems clear of worms. By far the safest of all 

 worm medicines is the areca-nut (Nux areca), introduced into 

 this country by Major Besant about the year 1851. The dose for 

 the full-grown dog is about two drachms of the freshly grated nut, 

 which should be mixed with some strong broth, just before it is 

 wanted, as it speedily imparts a bitter taste if allowed to stand. 

 In any case of giving worm medicine the dog should be fasted for 

 twenty-four hours,that the efficacy of the medicine may not be lost 

 by mixture with the food. This has also the good effect of making 

 the animal, from hunger, ready to eat anything, and broth, even if a 

 little bitter, will be readily swallowed. Six hours after giving the 

 areca-nut, a mild dose of castor oil should follow ; and by repeat- 

 ing this treatment every five or six days, any kind of worms may 

 be exterminated. Like the Indian pink, however, the effects are 

 sometimes, though very rarely, severely felt by delicate dogs. 



ROUND-WORMS may be removed by the same remedies as maw- 

 worms, but they are more difficult to destroy, and require the 

 drug to be administered more frequently. The areca-nut, if given 

 every four or five days (carefully fasting the dog), will generally 

 suffice, and this is certainly the safest plan; but where it fails, 

 Indian pink will almost invariably succeed. I should therefore 

 advise a fair trial of the former, failing which, the latter may be 

 given, with full confidence in a cure, if it does not kill, which in 

 obstinate cases it is well to know. 



TAPE-WORMS are, however, the chief pests of the kennel, and 



