THE HOESE AND ITS DISEASES. 125 



Castor Oil 1 pint. 



Tincture of Opium 1 ounce. 



Powdered Ginger 1 ,, 



Diet. — Bran mashes, and gentle exercise. 



"Worms. 



There are different kinds of worms found in the 

 intestines of horses, and when they become numerous, 

 often prove injurious to the constitution. 



Loss of apx3etite, gri^nng pains, a rough coat, and 

 tucked up belly, and hide bound, are symptoms of worms. 

 Teres, or long white round worms, very much resembling 

 in form the common earth worm, which is met with 

 from 5 to 1 inches in length in the intestines ; and, 

 itching of the rectum, evinced by a quick twitching of 

 the tail, and a small quantity of mucus, which hardens 

 and assumes the appearance of a white powder at the 

 anus, is indicative of ascarides, small needle-formed 

 worms, which lodge in the large intestines, and are 

 frequently found in great number to the coaccum. A 

 third species sometimes, although of much raider occur- 

 rence, inhabit various parts of the intestinal canal from 

 the stomach downwards ; this is the tape worm, which 

 is known from its broad flat tape-like appearance, and 

 consisting of many articulated joints. This species 

 is most formidable, and most difficult to be removed. 



"For the expulsion of worms, the following is the best 

 remedy to be given, every morning and evening for 

 three days, in bran mashes : — 



Tartar Emetic 1 drachm . 



Calomel 1 „ 



in each mash, and a purgative to be given the fourth 

 morning, composed as follows. 



