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or aloes have been dissolved ; and too much fluid can 

 scarcely be thrown up. If the common ox-bladder and 

 jDijDC is used, it should be frequently replenished. The 

 horse should likewise be encouraged to drink plentifully 

 of warm water or thin gruel ; and draughts, each con 

 taining a couple of drachms of dissolved aloes, with a 

 little opium, should be given every six hours, until the 

 bowels are freely opened. 



Dr. Dadd recommends a method of treatment quite 

 different from the above. He is very much opposed to 

 blood-letting in all cases. That bleeding is efficacious in this 

 and other diseases, is certain, but we are not certain that 

 the same results cannot be attained by other and mild- 

 er remedies. There has been a reform, of late years, 

 in the human practice with good results, and why can- 

 not the same ends be accomj^lished in the veterinary prac- 

 tice ? We would recommend a careful perusal of Dr. 

 Dadd, in " Modern Horse Doctor," on this disease. 



BOTS. 



This disease is frequently confounded with cholic, or 

 other diseases. Generally speaking, bots are not so trouble- 

 some to horses as people seem to suppose ; for it is very 

 rare, in making a post mortem examination, that we do not 

 find more or less in the stomach. This history is curious 

 and is as follows : 



A species of gad-fly is in the latter part of the summer 

 exceedingly busy about the horse. It is observed to be 

 darting with great rapidity towards the knees and sides 

 of the animal. The females are depositing their eggs on 

 the hair, and which adhere to it by means of a glutinous 

 fluid ^\dth which they are surrounded. In a few days the 

 eggs are ready to be hatched, and the slightest applica- 

 tion of warmth and moisture will liberate the little ani- 

 mals which they contain. The horse in licking himself 

 touches the egg ; it bursts, and a small worm escapes, 



