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Let it be given at night, and the following purgative in 

 the morning : — 



Aloes . . ■ ^ drachms, 



Ginger .... 2 drachms ; 

 to be made into a ball with treacle. 



When the animal is infested bj ascarides, the same 

 medicine should be given as for the round-worm ; but it 

 frequently has not the desired effect. When this is the case, 

 recourse must be had to injections, after the medicine •- 



Lintseed oil . . .1 quart ; or 

 Aloes, dissolved in warm water, 1 ounce. 

 If the existence of the tape-worm is apprehended, then 

 the following will be the proper remedy : — 



Turpentine ... 4 o^i^ce, 

 Castor oil ... 2 ounces, 



Gum arable, in powder . 1 ounce ; 



treacle to form it into a ball. Warm mashes to be given 

 for a day afterwards 



It seldom, however, happens that these are removed by 

 one dose ; and unless it is quite certain that the entire 

 animal has been discharged, the above medicine must be 

 repeated. If even a link or two is broken off and lefl 

 in the intestines, these will be regenerated into a perfect 

 worm, as they have the property of reproducing the parts 

 of which they have been deprived. 



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Horses may be infested by bots without suffering material 

 injury from them. But we cannot agree with the opinion 

 of Mrs Bracy Clark, that they are destined by Nature to act 

 upon the food in the stomach by trituration, or as pepper 

 does in the liuman stomach. Like every other part of the 



