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fering with men, but I have great love for truth, and I cer- 

 tainly believe that what I have said will be the means of 

 saving many valuable horses from destruction. 



Treatment— K\\ I have to say is, that, when a horse is sick, 

 and said to have "bots," study well his symptoms, and ascer- 

 tain the real disease atfecting him, and then use the proper 

 remedies to cure it. Do not alloAV drenches and the like to 

 be given for "^ofe." They will do no good, unless by acci 

 dent, and very likely they will do mischief. Nature herself 

 will not kill as many horses as the bot-doctor will. Trust her 



rather than him. 



DIARRHEA. 



This is too frequent operations on the bowels— the opera- 

 Ttions being changed in their appearance from their condition 

 an health. The bowels being simply loose should hardly be 

 .called diarrhea. Such a case requires but little more than 

 rest and some attention to diet. But the case may continue 

 Tintil the horse is certainly not well in consequence of it, and 

 yet the operations present no bad appearance. I would then 

 Tecommend the following: 



Take— Rhubarb, powdered .' 1 ounce. 



Salts of tartar 1 ounce. 



Ginger, powdered 4 drams. 



Opium, powdered 1 dram. 



Mix, and divide in three parts, and give one every three hours, in gruel, as a 

 •drench, until cured. 



But if the operations are of a very watery character, and of 

 a dirty, whitish, yellow color, and only mixed with the proper 

 matter of the bowels, and the^ strength and spirits of the an- 

 imal are becoming reduced, give this : 



Take— Tincture of camphor 2 ounces. 



Sulphuric ether 1 ounce. 



Tincture of capsicum 1 ounce. 



Tincture of opium 1 ounce. 



Warm water 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench. 



