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paralysis in dogs seemed to be entirely due to worms 

 {Field, March 15, p. 238). 



A great variety of anthelmintics have been recommended ; 

 but for this particular worm there is probably nothing 

 better than castor-oil and santonine. As with the lumbri- 

 coids of man,so with those of the cat and dog ; in either case 

 they seem powerless to resist the action of this remedy. In 

 the human subject I have known a grain of santonine 

 sufficient to expel a lumbricoid as large as a lob-worm ; and 

 in the dog or cat similar experiences have followed the 

 employment of from three to five grain doses. Several 

 of my pupils have adopted this mode of treatment with 

 success. 



The employment of more powerful vermifuges is rarely 

 necessary; and even the areca-nut powder should generally 

 be reserved for tapeworm. Areca-nut powder is unquestion- 

 ably a good vermifuge, as I can testify from personal 

 experience ; and I observe that it is strongly recommended 

 by " Stonehenge," in his admirable memoir, " On the 

 Management of Dogs." It is, however, rather as a taeniafuge 

 than as a lumbricifuge that the merits of areca-nut powder 

 stand out most conspicuously. The powder may be given 

 in half-drachm or one-drachm doses, followed by castor-oil, 

 and repeated twice or thrice in the day. In bad cases 

 turpentine may be cautiously resorted to, and, when given, 

 should be combined with twice as much either of castor or 

 linseed oil. The dose of turpentine should be rarely more 

 than one drachm, and in no case should it exceed two 

 drachms in the very largest dog. Three drachms of 

 turpentine have been known to occasion violent convulsions 

 in the full-grown dog ; and in the case of young puppies 

 such a dose would probably prove fatal. Calomel, in one 

 to three grain doses, is a favourite remedy with some ; but, 

 considering its varied action, it should only be resorted to 

 when other remedies have failed. The mechanical irritants 

 such as powered tin and glass, or even cowhage, should in 



