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For dogs of medium or largest size breeds, the proper quantities to be 
mixed with the yolk of an egg, as advised, are chloroform, forty drops; croton- 
oil, one drop. Or were the dog to be treated about the size of a fox-terrier, 
one-half this would be right; while one-fourth would be quite enough for 
a toy. 
There is on sale with druggests the so-called Chloroform Mixture, which it 
would be wise to obtain when these drugs are to be tried. Having been freshly 
prepared, to two ounces of it, two drops of croton-oil should be added. This 
quantity will then constitute two maximum doses, and of course to a dog of 
medium or largest breed, one-half of it — which is about two tablespoonfuls — 
could be given; one-fourth, or about one tablespoonful, to a fox-terrier or his 
like; while for toys, the dose of this mixture would be two teaspoonfuls. 
Chloroform and croton-oil ought always be given at night, after a fast of 
from twelve to twenty-four hours; and did they not purge, on the following 
morning a generous dose of castor-oil should be administered. 
Unless the dogs were quite robust it might not be advisable to give croton- 
oil, but better to rely on chloroform alone, and in divided doses. For twenty- 
four hours the diet ought to be very low, or there be a complete fast. At the 
expiration of that period a generous dose of Epsom salts or castor-oil ought 
to be administered. When it has acted freely, two tablespoonfuls of the chlo- 
roform mixture should be given, and followed, in the course of an hour, by 
another like dose of that mixture. Its effect is often purgative, but did the 
bowels not move in two hours, they should be made to do so by means of 
castor-oil. 
Two tablespoonfuls of the chloroform mixture constitute a fairly small dose, 
and it can be safely given to dogs of medium as well as of large size breeds; 
and likely it would be safe to give one-half more, or possibly doses twice as 
large. But still it is best always to be very conservative in using medicines, 
and at least commence treatment with medium doses; then if they fail, and 
have not caused any unpleasant symptoms, they can rightly be increased to a 
reasonable extent. 
For fox-terriers and the like, a medium dose of the chloroform mixture 
when it is to be repeated would be one tablespoonful ; while for toys, it should 
be two teaspoonfuls. 
Some puppies are acutely sensitive to the effects of medicines. Consider- 
ing this, also the peculiar action of chloroform, it would not be advisable to 
use it on them unless they were quite old and nearly matured. 
From time to time additions are made to the list of tape-worm remedies, 
and among the recent is salicylic acid. Considering that treatment by this 
means must occupy much time and necessitate considerable trouble, manifestly 
it can never be popular. However, it is described herein that it may be re- 
sorted to if necessary, in particularly obstinate cases which may have resisted 
