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CHAPTER VI. 
DISEASES ARISING FROM MISMANAGEMENT OR NEGLECT. 
Anzemia—Rickets—Indigestion. 
POVERTY OF BLOOD (Anza). 
WHEN puppies are reared in the densely populated parts of our 
cities, or even in the country where they are crowded together in 
large numbers, they are weakly in constitution, and their blood is 
pale, from being deprived of the red particles which fresh air and 
good food with sunlight will alone produce. The feeding has a 
good deal to do with this, but not so much as the other causes. 
The signs are clear enough, the young dog looking emaciated and 
delicate and his coat staring, while his lips and tongue are of a 
pale pink, as if washed out. Worms are almost always present, 
and if so they aggravate the disease tenfold. (See page 408.) The 
treatment should consist in plenty of fresh air, in the country if 
possible, admitting the sun on all occasions; together with good 
nourishing food, composed of the proper proportions of animal and 
vegetable ingredients. (See page 363.) Generally a total change 
in these respects will be the best remedy, but sometimes this cannot 
be had, and then a combination of quinine and steel may be used 
as an internal medicine. Thus: 
Sulphate of quinine, 
Sulphate of iron, of each 1 grain. 
Extract of dandelion, 3 grains. 
Mix, and give three times a day, with a spoonful of cod-liver oil. 
If worms are present they must, of course, be got rid of. (See 
page 407.) 
RICKETS AND ENLARGED JOINTS. 
By Rickets is understood a soft and weak condition of the bones, 
in which the lime is deficient; and, the gelatine comprising their 
framework having no proper support, they bend in any direction 
