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its remedies. Give 1 ounces prepared chalk. 

 and drachm Tannin, in combination with one 

 drachm Extract Logwood, in 1 pint warm water, 

 repeating dose as often as necessary, and do not 

 allow the horse to he worked until entirely recov- 

 ered, as relapses are always hazardous if not 

 fatal in their tendency. 



Are a parasitic formation common to 

 it not all animals, and may cause the death of 

 far more animals than is generally supposed by 

 owners, or doctors. 



SYMPTOMS. 



A rough, ragged coat, haggard eye, colicky 

 pains, gasping, debility, sluggish movements, 

 skin covered with scurvy blotches, small, feeble 

 pulse, belly drawn up, breathing slow, irregu- 

 lar appetite, food badly digested, agitation of 

 the heart, dung coated with mucus, a peculiarly 

 pale appearance of the fundament, rubbing the 

 tail. The foregoing symptoms are not common 

 in all cases. 



TREATMENT. 



Use worm powders, 1 teaspoonful twice a 

 for 4 or 6 days, in scalded bran: then give strong 

 Senna tea and Glauber Salts (dissolve salts in 

 the tea) sufficient to carry oft 1 the contents of the 

 bowels and if convenient keep the horse in a 

 shady pasture. 



