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according to the urgency of the symptoms. This, if given in 

 time, will generally prove efficacious. Tincture of hartshorn 

 and spirits of turpentine are recommended by some veterinary 

 authors, and are excellent remedies ; but as much injury has 

 been caused by their use by inexperienced persons, the author 

 would not advise their use since the animal rany be killt'd hvnn 

 improper administration of them. 



WORMS. 



Four kinds of worms are found in the horse, viz : the luuibrici, 

 which very much resemble the common earth-worm in form ; 

 ascarides, so called from their supposed resemblance to a thread ; 

 tajuia, or tape-worm, of which variety but little is known, as it 

 is very rare ; and, lastly, the persecuted bots, considered by 

 farmers and horsemen the greatest of pests and the most dan- 

 gerous of all the species. 



The lumbrici are most generally found in the small intestines, 

 where they sometimes do much mischief by their irritating effects. 

 The author was recently shown a very remarkable specimen of 

 these worms by his friend, W. W. Fraley, V. S. This specimen 

 was some two yards long, consisting of a portion of the small 

 intestines so completely filled with these worms as apparently 

 to render it ahnost impossible for anything to pass through it, 

 the worms having accumulated in thousands. These worms are 

 from eight to ten inches in length, round and perfectly white. 

 There appear to be two varieties of the lumbrici. The other 

 variety is similar in form and length, but has numerous brown 

 transverse lines, at about equal distances from each other, along 

 its entire length. 



The ascarides are found in the large intestines, and are white 



