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afterwards, a dose of castor oil should be given. The dose of the 

 freshly-powdered areca nut is about, two grains to every pound 

 of the dog's weight. Thus a dog of 30 lbs. will take one drachm, 

 or half an average nut. The powder should be merely the nut 

 roughly grated with a coarse " grater ; " and it should be quickly 

 mixed with some good broth, thickened with oatmeal, and given 

 before the bitter taste is extracted by soaking, after which the dog 

 will not voluntarily take it. 



Stinking hellebore is very innocent, and even useful in other 

 ways. The dose for a 30 lbs. dog is five or six grains mixed up 

 with eight or ten of jalap, and formed into a bolus, to be given 

 every five or six days. 



Indian pink is a very powerful vermifuge ; but it also occasion- 

 ally acts very prejudicially on the dog ; and it must never be given 

 without knowing the risk which is incurred. I have myself used 

 it in numberless instances without injury ; but its employment has 

 so frequently been followed by fatal results in other hands, that I 

 cannot do otherwise than caution my readers against it. How, or 

 why, this has been, I have never been able to ascertain ; but, that 

 it is so, I have no doubt whatever. If it is determined to use it, 

 half an ounce of the drug, as purchased, should be infused in half 

 a pint of boiling water ; and of this infusion, after straining it, from 

 a tablespoonful to two tablespoonful should be given to the dogs, 

 according to size, followed by a dose of oil. 



Calomel is a powerful expellent, but it also is attended with 

 danger. The dose is from three to five grains, mixed with jalap 

 (See 1 2, page 404.) 



Wormwood may be given with advantage to young puppies, being 

 mild in its operation ; but I do not believe it to be as generally 

 useful as the areca nut. The dose is from ten to thirty grains in 

 syrup or honey. 



