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exposed to the bot-fly must, as a result, have bots in 

 their stomachs; but the question of interest is, What can 

 you do for the cure of bots? In a report by Dr. Adams, 

 published in the Medical and Agricultural Register^ 

 he stated having made the following experiments at 

 different times on the bot, three-fourths grown: 



"When immersed in rum they live 25 hours, in a de- 

 coction of tobacco II hours, in strong oil of vitriol 2 

 hours and 18 minutes, in essential oil of mint 2 hours 

 and 5 minutes. They were immersed without apparent 

 injury in spirits of camphor 10 hours, fish oil 49 hours, 

 tr. of aloes 10 hours, in brine 10 hours. A number of 

 small bots, with one that was full grown, were im- 

 mersed in a strong solution of corrosive sublimate, 

 one of the powerful poisons. The small ones died 

 in one hour, but the full-grown one was taken out of 

 the solution six hours after its immersion apparently 

 unhurt." 



Bots hang to the muscular coating of the stomach, 

 on the upper side. We see very plainly, therefore, 

 that we cannot put any medicine into the stomach 

 that will affect the bot which will not at the same time 

 destroy the horse. In the second place, there is no 

 veterinary surgeon of any pretensions to skill, or re- 

 cognized authority, who can distinguish the symptoms 

 of the colic from the symptoms of the bots; no atten- 

 tion, in fact, is given to the subject of bots in practice. 

 No man can bring to bear any medical aid to expel 

 the so-called pest from the horse's stomach. This is 

 the opinion of the best veterinary surgeons in the 

 country. Do not be misled; follow the treatment 

 laid down for colic, and follow it rigidly and perse- 

 veringly. 



