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mixed; then add to half a cupful of milk and shake well. But the most con- 
venient method of masking its irritating properties is beating the required 
quantity up with the yolk of an egg. 
In excessive doses turpentine is deadly poisonous, and unfortunately it is 
not possible to tell just where the safety-line lies. Were one dose to be relied 
on and the dog fully matured, also of very large breed, the dose ought not to 
exceed two teaspoonfuls. This, furthermore, should be beaten up with the 
yolks of two eggs, and given in a cupful of milk. 
An even safer method would be to employ this remedy in divided doses, 
which for such a dog ought to be one-half a teaspoonful morning and night, for 
about three days. 
For dogs of medium size, this dose similarly repeated ought not to be ex- 
cessive; for fox-terriors, however, and others of nearly their size, twenty drops 
would be near right. As for toys, there are other and better remedies. 
It will be noted, and perhaps occasion some surprise, that in graduating 
doses of vermifuges but little distinction has been made between puppies of 
the medium and largest size breeds. While in some instances variations can be 
made, with propriety, on the basis of size, great ones and nicety of adjustment 
are not invariably required with worm medicines; for no very marked differ- 
ence exists between the alimentary canal of a puppy of medium sized variety 
and that of a pup of large breed. Certainly it is not very much larger nor 
longer in one case than in the other; and assuredly the difference in capacity 
counts for but little. Moreover, such medicines are intended for the tenants, 
not their hosts; consequently unless very powerful drugs are given — drugs 
that are largely absorbed and taken into circulation — until matured a setter 
may be given about as much as a St. Bernard of the same age. But the latter, 
maturing less early, will bear several more increases than the setter, and until 
he in turn has reached maturity. 
Excluding small dogs, for the reason that many of them are of notoriously 
delicate constitutions, the age and condition of strength are the considerations 
that should weigh most when estimating doses of worm medicines of the nature 
of those herein recommended. 
The prevalence of worms and dangers of infection must manifestly be 
greatly decreased where the discharges which follow the use of vermifuges are 
disinfected, buried, or burned, and the kennels in every instance are at once 
thoroughly cleaned. Evidently, also, each patient while under treatment and 
observation should be for the time being separated from his mates, if he has 
any, and in quarters by himself. 
In the foregoing much has been said which at least suggests the methods 
that must be employed in order to lessen the liability of dogs acquiring tape- 
-worms, and there remains but little to be added. 
The importance of having the kennels supplied with water as pure as possi- 
