372 THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



"White mustard seed, (whole,) 



Powdered mandrake, 



Sulphur, (■ of each 2 ounces, 



Powdered wormseed, {chenojyodium anthehninticum,) 1 



Salt, ginger, and charcoal, J 



Poplar bark, 1 pound. 



Mix. Dose, one ounce, night and morning, in the food. Under 

 the exhibition of this medicine, aided by proper dietary regula- 

 tions, the animal will gradually improve in condition, and in the 

 course of a short time the worms will disappear. Should 

 the rectum abound in pin worms, an injection of salt will be 

 indicated. 



The following vermifuge is occasionally prescribed by the 

 author, and it has, in some cases, brought away large quantities 

 of worms : — 



Castor oil, 12 ounces, 



Oil of wormseed, 1 ounce, 



Oil of tansy, 3 drachms. 



To be given on an empty stomach, followed by mashes of fine 

 feed or shorts, well seasoned with salt. To be repeated, if ne- 

 cessary, until the bowels respond. 



NICKING. 



Nicking is another fashionable barbarism that very few 'horses 

 escape. The world of horsemen have decided, no tail no 

 horse ; and if an animal does not describe an angle of forty -live 

 with his tail, he is said to carry none. In order, therefore, to find 

 a ready purchaser, an owner is often compelled to have his horse 

 nicked, in order to make him appear more graceful. The opera- 

 tion, as performed in England, is thus described by Surgeon 

 White: — 



" The operation consists in making three incisions in the under 

 part of the tail, extending quite across, or as far as there is no 

 hair produced. The first cut should be about two or three inches 



worms, a mixture of santonine and castor oil should be made, in proportion of 

 from two to five grains of the former to one ounce of the latter, and a tea- 

 spoonful of this given until the desired effect is produced ; and along with this 

 he recommends salt and mustard, with onions and garlic, to be added to the 

 diet of the patient." — Report on Practical Medicine, by Dr. KUchenmeister. 



