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before saw, nor can I find a description of it in any book. It is 

 found generally in the small intestines near their termination, 

 and sometimes in the large bowels also. They adhere pretty 

 firmly by one of their extremities to the mucons membrane of 

 the bowels, and when contracted appear like a tlake of whitish 

 mucus, but when extended they are quite flat, like a very narrow 

 riband, and are covered with transverse lines like the leech worm. 

 They are from one to three or four inches in length. I think I 

 have found them of greater length in the bowels of dogs than in 

 other animals. The extremity by which they adhere has a 

 bulbous appearance, with a mouth and other minute apertures. 

 The other extremity is square, as if cut off transversely. I have 

 known these worms discharged from the bowels of a man, who 

 brought one of them to me ; he called them the blood worm, and 

 said he had often voided them, especially after drinking rather 

 freely of beer. These worms have been seen in a small stream 

 which runs through a village near Mendip. 



ANTHELMINTICS. 



No. 1. Aloes 4 to 6 drs. 



Castile soap 3 drs. 



Oil of cloves 10 drops. 



Calomel 1 to 2 drs. 



Ginger 1 to 2 drs. 



Syrup enough to form the ball, for one dose. 



No. 2. Aloes 4 to 6 drs. 



Powdered tin 3 to 4 drs. 



Castile soap 3 drs. 



Oil of cloves 10 to 20 drops. 



Ginger 1 to 2 drs. 



Syrup enough to form the ball. 



No. 3. Oil of turpentine 4 ozs. 



Oatmeal gruel 1 pint. 



No. 4. Oil of turpentine 4 ozs. 



Castor or linseed oil 8 ozs. 



Gruel 8 ozs. 



Mix for one dose. 



A larger proportion of aloes is generally prescribed by farriers 

 and druggists ; but such strong doses are injurious, and some- 

 times fatal. See Cathartics and Physic. 



As worms in horses generally arise from bad management 

 and improper food, by which the digestive organs are weakened, 

 no permanent good can be expected from medicine, unless that 

 error be corrected. Wholesome food, therefore, in proper quan- 



