DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 65 



P > \\-dered Barbadoes aloes 6 drams. 



Powdered ginger 3 drams. 



Calomel 2 drams. 



Turpentine 1 ounces. 



Raw linseed oil 8 ounces. 



Mix, and give as a drench. 



The Worm Remedy will kill the worms, and the above physic 

 will drive them out. If pin-worms are present, it is well to give 

 the horse an injection of warm water every day for four or five 

 days, to which add one ounce of turpentine to every gallon of 

 water. The turpentine has a tendency to kill the little worms 

 lodged away back in the rectum. You may inject tobacco water 

 instead of the turpentine. Our Worm Remedy is sure death to 

 the worms, but perfectly harmless to the hor,se. It not only kills 

 the worms, but it aids the horse's digestion, tones up his stomach 

 and bowels, purifies his blood, and builds up his whole system in 

 general 



INDIGESTION, OR DYSPEPSIA. 



Indigestion in the hor,se is similar to that in man. This is an 

 age of dyspeptics in man, and would be, no doubt, in the horse 

 wer( he fed on similar "dainties," prepared by the good wife to 

 suit our highly cultivated tastes. Happily for the horse, that is 

 not so! Indigestion may be applied to all those conditions, from 

 any cause, where digestion is improperly performed, and not pro- 

 nounced enough to produce colic. 



The seat and causes of indigestion vary considerably in different 

 horses, and may vary in the same horse at different times. One of 

 the first things to examine is the teeth. If these are sharp, ir- 

 regular or decayed, the food is improperly masticated (chewed), 

 and taken into the stomach before there has been a proper ad- 

 mixture of saliva (spittle). Food in this condition is anything 



