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HORSE. Class L 



Among the diftempers he is naturally fubjedt to, 

 are the worms, the bots, and the (lone : the fpecies 

 of worms that infedl him are the lumbrici^ and 

 ajcarides •, both thefe refemble thole found in hu> 

 man bodies, only larger : the bots are the eruc^^ 

 or caterpillars of the oejlrus^ or gadfly : thefe are 

 found both in the re^um^ and in the ftomach, 

 and when in the latter bring on convulfions, that 

 often terminate in death. 



The ftone is a difeafe the horfe is not frequently 

 fubjedl to \ yet we have feen two examples of it ; 

 the one in a horfe near Highwycombe^ that voided 

 fixteen calculi^ each of an inch and a half diameter-, 

 the other was of a ftone taken out of the bladder 

 of a horfe, and depofited in the cabinet of the late 

 Dr. Mead\ weighing eleven ounces*. Thefe ftones 

 are formed of feveral crufts, each very fmooth and 

 gloffy ; their form triangular ; but their edges 

 rounded, as if by collifion againft each other. 



The all-wife Creator hath finely limited the fe- 

 veral fervices of domeflic animals towards the hu- 

 man race -, and ordered that the parts of fuch, 

 which in their lives have been the mod ufeful, 

 fhould after death contribute the left to our benefit. 

 The chief ufe that the emvi^ of the horfe can be 

 applied to, is for collars, traces, and other parts of 

 the harnefs j and thus, even after death, he pre- 

 ferves fome analogy with his former employ. The 



* Mufeum Meadieinum, p. 261. 



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