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dition, but when the hots become troublesome, colicky- 

 pains, gasping, quickened respiration, staring or hag- 

 gard expression of the eye, with a strong tendency to in- 

 flammation of the bowels will be observed. Bots are 

 rarely troublesome except when passing away in their 

 regular manner, which occurs from May to August 

 in each year. In most other varieties of worms the 

 symptoms are debility, feebleness, sluggish movements, 

 emaciation, staring coat, hide-bouud, and skin covered 

 with scurvy blotches, rigidity of loins, small and feeble 

 but slightly accelerated pulse, respiration slow, tucked-up 

 belly, a peculiar pallid appearance of the lining of the 

 lips, (a certain indication), irregular, capricious, but per- 

 sistent appetite, badly digested faeces, agitation of heart 

 and tail ; and where the fundament worms exist, a whitish 

 or yellowish-white substance will be found about the fun- 

 dament, indicated also by rubbing the tail. 



The treatment for worms has been attended with much 

 uncertainty heretofore, and is to the present day, with 

 practitioners generally. Those on which most dependence 

 has been placed are ; calomel, one half drachm ; tartrate 

 of antimony, one half drachm ; linseed meal, one half 

 ounce; mix and give at night. Or, iron filings, two 

 drachms; common salt, one-half ounce; powdered savin, 

 one drachm ; linseed meal one-half ounce ; mix and give 

 every night for a week. Or, assafoetida, two drachm? ; 

 calomel, one and a half drachms; savin, one and a half 

 drachms ; oil male fern, thirty drops ; linseed meal, two 

 drachms ; mix with molasses and give at night. Or, cal- 

 omel, one drachm ; powdered wormwood, one ounce ; 

 honey sufficient to make the ball ; give at night. Follow 

 either of the above with the following ball : barbadoes 



