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Dogs and All about Them
·
Robert Leighton
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PARASITES--INTERNAL.
WORMS.
We
have,
roughly
speaking,
two
kinds
of
worms
to
treat
in
the
dog:
(1)
the
round,
and
(2)
the
tape.
(1)
Round-worms--They
are
in
shape
and
size
not
unlike
the
garden
worm,
but
harder,
pale,
and
pointed.
Symptoms--Sometimes
these
are
alarming,
for
the
worm
itself
is
occasionally
seized
with
the
mania
for
foreign
travel,
and
finds
its
way
into
the
throat
or
nostrils,
causing
the
dog
to
become
perfectly
furious,
and
inducing
such
pain
and
agony
that
it
may
seem
charity
to
end
its
life.
The
worms
may
also
crawl
into
the
stomach,
and
give
rise
to
great
irritation,
but
are
usually
dislodged
therefrom
by
the
violence
accompanying
the
act
of
vomiting.
Their
usual
habitat,
however,
is
the
small
intestines,
where
they
occasion
great
distress
to
their
host.
The
appetite
is
always
depraved
and
voracious.
At
times
there
is
colic,
with
sickness
and
perhaps
vomiting,
and
the
bowels
are
alternately
constipated
or
loose.
The
coat
is
harsh
and
staring,
there
usually
is
short,
dry
cough
from
reflex
irritation
of
the
bronchial
mucous
membrane,
a
bad-smelling
breath
and
emaciation
or
at
least
considerable
poverty
of
flesh.
The
disease
is
most
common
in
puppies
and
in
young
dogs.
The
appearance
of
the
ascaris
in
the
dog's
stools
is,
of
course,
the
diagnostic
symptom.
Treatment--I
have
cured
many
cases
with
santonin
and
areca-nut
powder
(betel-nut),
dose
10
grains
to
2
drachms;
or
turpentine,
dose
from
10
drops
to
1-1/2
drachms,
beaten
up
with
yolk
of
egg.
But
areca-nut
does
better
for
tape-worm,
so
we
cannot
do
better
than
trust
to
pure
santonin.
The
dose
is
from
1
grain
for
a
Toy
up
to
6
grains
for
a
Mastiff.
Mix
it
with
a
little
butter,
and
stick
it
well
back
in
the
roof
of
the
dog's
mouth.
He
must
have
fasted
previously
for
twelve
hours,
and
had
a
dose
of
castor
oil
the
day
before.
In
four
or
five
hours
after
he
has
swallowed
the
santonin,
let
him
have
a
dose
of
either
olive
oil
or
decoction
of
aloes.
Dose,
2
drachms
to
2
ounces
or
more.
Repeat
the
treatment
in
five
days.
Spratts'
cure
may
be
safely
depended
on
for
worms.
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