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drink. Repeat it every other or every third morning. This is 

 a proper dose for a calf six or eight months old, and may be 

 varied a little according to age and size, and continued for three 

 weeks ; then leave off a week and repeat it again, if the calf still 

 remain unwell. 



Worms in horned cattle are not very common except in the 

 above cases. In many instances where calves have been so bad 

 of this disease as to baffle the power of other medicines, it has 

 instantly given way on their taking one table-spoonful of spirit 

 of turpentine, without being mixed with any thing. It may be 

 repeated every third morning for three times. 



Now, by Mr. Clater's description of " opening the gullet," 

 and the " powers of digestion being so much injured as to 

 render the chewing of the cud impracticable, it appears to me 

 that he found the worms in the ousing, or swallow, or passage 

 to the stomach, and not to the windpipe or lungs — and 

 the remedies, such as wormwood, savin, &c. are such as are 

 generally used for destroying worms in the stomach and 

 intestines; whereas, on examination of those that died of mine, 

 and which was done very carefully in almost every case, the 

 stomach itself, and the passage leading thereto, were perfectly 

 healthy and free from any kind of worms, and their appetites 

 and digestion continued good as long as they had strength to 

 stand up to eat. 



In a work of considerable note and talent, entitled " The 

 Complete Grazier," this disease is described as follows : — 

 " Cough — where calves are exposed at too early an age to all 

 the vicissitudes of the weather, before they acquire sufficient 

 strength to undergo the changes of this climate, they are liable 

 to take frequent colds, the consequence of which is, a cough, 

 that often proves fatal if neglected. For curing this malady it 

 has been recommended to pour half a table-spoonful of spirit of 

 turpentine into the calf's nostrils. The nose should be smeai'ed 

 with tar, and the animal kept within doors for a few hours, 

 repeating this treatment as often as the cough becomes 

 troublesome." 



This work says nothing about worms, but treats of the 

 disease merely as a common cold. Inhaling the fumes of burnt 

 tar is also recommended. 



Asafoetida is also strongly recommended. If in the gum, 

 a quarter of an ounce dissolved in hot water, and given fasting. 



