138 Blood Diseases. 
areca nut to be given mixed up in water as a drench, and 
followed by a dose of castor oil. This is the dose for a 
very large dog. It may be regulated for all sizes by 
giving 2 grains of the nut for each pound the dog weighs. 
2. Medicines for Round-lVorm.—tnfusion of Indian 
pink, 1 to 3 table-spoonfuls, on an empty stomach. 
3. Santonine, 3 to 4 or 5 grs.; jalap, 5 to 10 gts. ; pow- 
dered ginger, 3 to 5 grs.; extract of gentian to make a 
pill. 
4. For Tapeworm. — Kousso, 2 to 4 drms.; lemon 
juice, $ oz. Mix, and give asadrench, with the addition 
of a little water, on an empty stomach. This should be 
followed by a dose of castor oil eight hours after. 
5. for Tapeworm (another plan).—Root of male fern, 
1 to 4 drms.; powdered jalap, 15 grs. Liquorice pow- 
der or linseed meal enough to form a bolus with water. 
6. Oil of male shield fern, 20 drops ; sulphuric ether, 
60 drops ; oil of turpentine, 30 drops. Mix. Add the 
white of one egg; 2 drams of glycerine, and beat to- 
gether. When thoroughly incorporated administer to the 
dog when the stomach is empty. 
CHAPTER IX. 
BLOOD DISEASES, 
Plethora—Obesity—Anzmia—Rheumatism—Rickets or Rachitis—Inter-breed- 
ing—Crooked or Bandy-legs—Leuchemia—Jaundice—Ureemia— Apncea. 
Tue blood in its circulation or movement through the 
numberless vessels of the body is exceedingly liable to 
deterioration by admixture with various foreign substances. 
‘The vital constitution is more or less depleted, and when 
the causes are continued, it fails to nourish the body in 
Its integral parts; or the excess of foreign materials, 
although strictly speaking they are food elements, but 
