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any fluid entering into contact with the surface. Very 

 few horses are free from bots at a certain part of the 

 year, and it appears as if the stomach had been 

 destined as the receptacle and support of those 

 animals. 



Mr. Bracey Clarke has lately published a very 

 elaborate and satisfactory treatise on the different 

 species of bots which infest not only horses, but cows, 

 deer, and sheep. 



According to his experiments, it appears that the 

 fly depositing its eggs in the fundament of the horse 

 is both erroneous and absurd, and indeed it appears 

 extraordinary how the insect could afterwards make 

 its way into the stomach through the intestines, 

 and that too in opposition to their peristaltic motion. 



The reader will find both amusement and infor- 

 mation in this valuable work of Mr. B. Clarke's. 



The stomach of the horse is liable to inflammation, 

 yet not so much so, perhaps, as that of the human 

 being. 



Inflammation of this organ is attended with extreme 

 pain, the pulse is hard, the patient thirsty, he lies 

 down and looks constantly towards the part affected. 

 In this case large quantities of either solids or fluids 

 ar? injurious. 



Bleeding should be practised to a considerable 

 quantity, and the external surface of the belly should 

 be stimulated by rowels or blisters. 



The surface of the body should be kept warmly 

 clothed. Sheep and oxen are subject to a preter- 

 natural distension of the paunch, from taking in too 

 large a quantity of food. If not soon relieved death 

 ensues. Fermentation takes place, and a considerable 

 quantity of air is generated, which materially increases 

 the disease. 



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