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made from Mustard and cold water over the chest cavity. 

 Internally, administer Ammonium Iodide, Chlorate of 

 Potash, Nitrate of Potash, each four ounces. Make into 

 thirty-two powders and give one powder every two or 

 three hours in gelatin capsule and administer with cap- 

 sule gun. The diet is a proper means of keeping up the 

 animal and is very important. Coax the animal to eat 

 grass or vegetables, hot bran mashes or steam rolled 

 oats. If there is a cough present, give the same treat- 

 ment as recommended for Acute and Chronic Coughs. 



PIN WORM, THREAD OR MAW WORM 



(Oxyuris Curvilis) 



This worm when full grown is about one and three- 

 quarter inches in length; its tail is thin and whip-like 

 and head thick and terminating in a curve somewhat re- 

 sembling the crook of a stick. The presence of these 

 parasites may be detected by a light-yellow substance 

 (the eggs of the worms) which adheres to the skin below 

 the anus. Pin Worms like Round Worms frequently come 

 away with the feces. 



Treatment: Dissolve four tablespoonfuls Common 

 Salt in one gallon of warm water and inject it into the 

 rectum. When this has been expelled, follow with an in- 

 jection per rectum of Turpentine, four ounces, to one-half 

 gallon Linseed Oil. Elevate the horse's hind quarters so 

 as to retain the injection longer. This will expel the 

 worms and their eggs that cling to the walls of the rec- 

 tum. The worms sometimes make their way so far for- 

 ward that it is impossible to reach them with an injec- 

 tion. In this case treat same as for Round worms. 

 ' Where there is irritation produced about the tail the 

 horse continually rubs and it is well to apply Mercurial 

 Ointment to both tail and the anus. 



