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one week; now let it remain for one week, but dur- 

 ing this time wash it every other day with warm 

 water and soap. Paint with CURINE for another 

 week, same as before, and the following week wash 

 again with warm water and soap. At the end of 

 one month from the time he was laid up, he may 

 be able to walk around slowly. It will be useless 

 to expect a removal of all the thickening, for new 

 tissues have formed, and it will always remain 

 somewhat enlarged. 



BOTS. 



Cobbold, who is considered the best authority 

 on this subject, says: "The common gad-fly at- 

 tacks the animal ,while grazing late in the summer, 

 its object being, not to derive sustenance, but to 

 deposit its eggs. This is accomplished by means 

 of a glutinous excretion, causing the ova (eggs) to 

 adhere to the hairs. The parts selected are chiefly 

 those of the shoulder, base of the neck, and inner 

 part of the fore legs, especially about the knees, 

 for in these situations the horse will have no dif- 

 ficulty in reaching the ova with its tongue. When 

 the animal licks those parts of the coat where the 

 eggs have been placed the moisture of the tongue, 

 aided by warmth, hatches the ova, and in some- 

 thing less than three weeks from the time of the 

 deposition of the eggs the larvae have made their 

 escape. As maggots they are next transferred to 

 the miouth and ultimately to the stomach along 

 with food and drink. A great many larvae perish 

 during this passive mode of immigration, some be- 

 ing dropped from the mouth and others being 

 crushed in the fodder during mastication. It has 

 been calculated that out of the many hundreds of 

 eggs deposited on a single horse scarcely one out 

 of fifty of the larvae arrive within the stomach. 

 Notwithstanding this waste the interior of the 

 stomach may become completely covered (cuti- 

 cular portion) with bots. Whether there be few or 

 many they are anchored in this situation chiefly by 

 means of two large cephalic hooks. After the bots 



