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of tobacco, in the following way : Plug Tobacco 

 1 Ib. cut fine, upon which put 2 gallons boiling 

 water, let it steep 30 minutes, and while hot as 

 can be borne, saturate the whole body as often 

 as it dries, giving 1 pint of same, diluted with 1 

 pint of water once or twice per day, as injection. 

 Introduce Valerianate of Morphia likewise on 

 the Hypodermic plan extensively. Let the body 

 be kept comfortable, in free, healthy air, in noise- 

 less stalls; and if the horse can open his mouth 

 to receive nourishment, give him warm gruel 

 plenty. 



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IDEBOUND, 



This is claimed to be brought on by some 

 abnormal condition of the system, and the exist 

 ence of worms in the horse is one of the causes 

 set down by authors; for cure of which they rec- 

 ommend condition powders, cathartics and vari- 

 ous other medicines the cure of which I have 

 never seen to fail, (where the horse had a good 

 appetite) to recover by a plentiful use of the pow- 

 ders, resulting from the proper mastication and 

 digestion of oats, rye and corn, with a due 

 amount of grass or hay, and good care. The 

 grain however, should be ground^ for either 

 young or old horses, from the fact that mastica- 

 tion is imperfect with both. But would recom- 

 mend the horse to be turned out in good pasture 

 as much as possible. 



This is ascribed to the effect of a very small 

 jijsect called Acariequas. The skin about the 



