Worms, 3§ 



(bein<^ white) is, however, freqiienlly seen on dissection; andocca- 

 srionally also^ mixed with the Fete cfcs of Ilors^es, apparently healthy. 



1 have frequently seen this Worm from eight to ten! inches in 

 leng-th. When-such Worms are voided by the Horse^ their size and 

 appearance are so forniidablo^ that one cannot wonder at the alarm 

 which is excited, in the minds of Grooms and Sttible-Men ; who al- 

 ways maintain that the Animal's inside must be foul, which could 

 furnish food and habitation for such inhabitantSi 



That these Worms do, however, sometimes exist in the Bowela 

 of Horses, without exciting any derang'cment, or visibly affecting' 

 their, health, cannot be denied, and in these cases, there can be no 

 necessity for the use of Medicine. But if the Horse decline in 

 health or spirits, or become what is called hide -bound, he may get a 

 Worm Powder mixed in; a small quantity of Mash, or in his corn 

 (previously damped) for six successive nights, and on the morning; 

 9f the seventh day, a dose of Purging Physic, Four days after that 

 on which he gets the Physic, if it appears to be necessaiy, he may^ 

 enter on another course of Worm Powderjs, and get a second dose- 

 of Physic on the morning: ©f the seventh day. 



This plan of treatment will commonly be found effectual, but i? 

 the Horse's appetite continue to be indifferent, and his spirits dull, it 

 would be right to give him a Tonic Ball for six successive nights, 

 beginning, on the fourth night after the second dose of Physic— 

 It will be proper, however, to join to this medical Regimen, 

 good grooming, and a good deal of gentle exercise. Many 

 Nostrums and Specifics have been recommended for Worms in Horses. 

 and so many infallible as well as cheap receipts, that a man would 

 run the hazard of being accused of ignorance, were he not to recom- 

 mend the use of some of them, or propose, at least, some new Me- 



