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where he can get water. This dose is for a pretty strong 

 horse, so you must add or diminish according to size. This 

 dose must be repeated as need requires, but not within seven 

 days. It will destroy most kind of worms ; but the hard 

 round worms require different treatment, as they are the 

 worst of any to get rid of To destroy them give the 

 following : 



1 dram of Calomel, 8 drams to an ounce. 



6 drams of Jalap. 



6 drams of Rhubarb, in powder. 



Wrought up into a paste with conserve, or honey ; and 

 two days after give the following : 



1 dram of Calomel, 8 drams to an ounce. 

 1 ounce of dried Foxglove Leaves, powdered. 

 Mi ounce of Worai Sued, powdered. 

 1 ounce of Jalap, in powder. 



To be given in three gills of malt liquor from the mash- 

 tub. K the above be given every week for three weeks 

 together, you may be sure that most of the vermin will be 

 expelled. If the medicines be given in the house, let the 

 food be light and opening, and warm water for two days, 

 with walking exercise. 



I advise all who have horses troubled with worms, to give 

 savin, dried and powdered, before they give the worm phy- 

 sic. If one ounce a day be given for a week before, in a 

 mash of bran, it will be much better. The above ball is 

 good for many disorders besides worms. 



The Yellows, or Jaundice. 



This disorder is very common in horses, and sometimes it 

 is either unknown, or overlooked, till it gets much worse to 

 cure. A young horse is easily cured, but an old one is bad 

 to cure. Some people may say, Hoio can a horse luive the 

 Jaundice, when he has no gall-bladder ? I answer. Though he 

 has no gall-bladder in sight, he has a large vessel in the liver 

 which answers the same eiid. We may here observe, the han- 

 diwork of God in placing a horse's gall-bladder differently 

 from those of other animals, when we consider that the 

 horse is the swiftest and most laborious creature in the 

 world ; so that if the gall-bladder had been placed on the 

 liver, it would always have been exposed to injuries. 



Symptoms. — The white of the eyes is yellow, also the inside 

 of the mouth, the tongue, and the bars in the mouth, are of a 

 dusky yellow ; the horse is dull, and refuses all kinds of 

 food ; a slow fever is perceived, which increases with the 



