326 KENNEL DISEASES. 
destroyers later than the seventh week of pregnancy must be somewhat hazard- 
ous, and especially since it would be necessary to follow it with a cathartic, the 
action of which cannot always be controlled. That is, ‘opening medicines” 
that generally act mildly are liable to purge severely and cause violent strain- 
ing when there is no reason to expect such unusual effect. 
If, therefore, marked symptoms of worms appear late in the pregnant 
period, the use of the sulphate of iron should be discontinued, and the follow- 
ing mixture be obtained: 
Tincture of iodine, one-half a drachm; water, two drachmns. 
Of this the dose is three drops for a bitch of medium size,— five drops if 
one of the largest breeds — and it should be administered in a little milk every 
three hours, between the feedings, until worms are expelled. 
For a fox-terrier, or the like, the dose would be two drops; and one drop 
for a toy. 
It is not likely to disorder the bowels, but should diarrhcea occur this medi- 
cine ought to be stopped at once. 
The fact deserves special emphasis that, very strangely perhaps, in the hands 
of some who have the care of dogs certain worm-destroyers seem quite im- 
potent, and yet many others have found them to act eminently satisfactorily. 
Appreciating this, and earnestly desirous that, as securely as possible, his 
readers shall be fortified with the essential remedies for all affections that are 
known to admit of cures, the author not only advises the course which he 
deems safest and wisest, but in some instances adds the favorite methods of 
reliable breeders of long experience, even although he cannot approve of them 
for general practice. And consonant with this, he outlines the treatment of 
one of America’s best-known breeders of setters, which is as follows: 
About a month before his bitches are to be in season he administers, every 
other day for a week, two-thirds of a teaspoonful of turpentine in a tablespoon- 
ful of castor-oil, always after a fast of twelve hours. Milk is then allowed 
them in such quantities as they will drink. During the first eight weeks of 
pregnancy he gives the same dose once each week, and claims that as a result 
of this treatment his pups are quite well advanced in life before they exhibit 
any signs of worms. 
Let it be remembered that when a vermifuge is given to an expectant dam, 
while the same is acting she must not be in the quarters in which she is to 
whelp. Furthermore, two or three days before the eventful period is expected, 
she should be temporarily removed, and the whelping-quarters be thoroughly 
cleaned, and washed with boiling water containing carbolic acid, for the pur- 
pose of disinfecting them and destroying all eggs of worms that may be present. 
She, also, should be disinfected, and all such eggs about her destroyed, before 
she is returned to the whelping-quarters, precipitated sulphur being used, and 
the same rubbed freely into her coat and over her breasts and teats. In fact to 
