DISEASES OF TttE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 97 



lis (cati), or hook worm, which inhabits the 

 cecum and, being a blood sucker, produces 

 wasting and anemia, and the Oxyuris compar, 

 or seat worm, which creates rectal and anal irri- 

 tation. 



Taken all together, the symptoms of parasit- 

 ism are T^y no means pathognomonic, and the 

 diagnosis should be clinical only by the finding 

 of adults,, segments or ova in the feces, 



Treatment.^Adult cats should be starved 

 twenty-four hours and given a purgative to 

 clear the alimentary canal and allow the vermi- 

 cide to gain access to the parasites. The follow- 

 ing are useful agents for the removal of ascari- 

 des: calomel gr. i, santonin gr. 85, or oil of 

 chenopodium lU i-ii, given in two drams of 

 glycerin or liquid paraffin. 



Fluid extract of spigelia 5 to 10 minims com- 

 bined with fluid extract of senna is also very 

 efficacious and safe. For small kittens, after 

 fasting for some hours, syrup of iodid of iron 

 in doses of 10 to 15 minims is a safe and effec- 

 tual vermicide. If preferred, the syrup of 

 iodid of iron may be given twice daily for 

 three or Jour days, the smallest dose being em- 

 ployed for tapeworms. 



Areca nut from one grain up to half a dram 

 and made up in pills with butter gives good 

 results if given to the fasting animal and fol- 

 lowed with a purge such as calomel or rhubarb. 



