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Mild doses of Epsom salts is as good a purgative for 
ordinary cases as can be used ; though I find that Mayhew 
recommends castor oil, 2 drachms, olive oil, 2 drachms— 
flavored with oil of aniseed and powdered sugar. 
A useful formula for a general pill is— 
Ext. Colocynth, half a scruple. 
Pulv. Colchic. six grains. 
Mass. Hydrarg. five grains. 
This is the dose for a dog of 6 or 7 Ibs.; a Newfound- 
land dog will require thrice the quantity. This is not a 
rapid medicine, and it is as much alterative as laxative. 
The dog will be much nauseated, and will refuse food 
during twelve hours or upward, at the end of which he 
will be relieved by not very copious but bilious evacua- 
tions. Absolute rest is required during the exhibition 
of this medicine. 
For worms, which often trouble dogs beyond measure, 
the symptoms being extreme leanness, staring of the 
coat, ravenous appetite, hot dry nose, and constant irrita- 
tion of the anus, the best and least dangerous recipe is— 
B Cowhage—Dolichos Pruriens, } dr. 
Tin filings, very fine, 4 drs. 
Make it to 4 or 6 pills according to the size of the dog~ 
give one daily, and a few hours afterward the purgative 
of castor oil, as given above. 
Two doses should be sufficient, unless in extreme cases. 
For common mange, give 1 oz. of Epsom salts, and 
apply this ointment, which must be well and thoroughly 
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