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Boil these in a quart of soft water about fifteen 

 .minutes in a covered vessel, and keep it covered till 

 cold; then strain it through a coarse canvas, and 

 give it in the morning on an empty stomach. 



Very great caution is necessary in administering 

 mercurial purges. The horse should be kept warm, 

 and have bran mashes and water with the chill off. 



Emetic tartar is much recommended for destroy- 

 ing the ascarides. Sulphur is also an excellent re- 

 medy : it may be given night and morning, to the 

 quantity of an ounce. But let it be weU remarked, 

 that no medicine has yet been discovered, capable of 

 destroying or bringing away the bots before the re- 

 gular period, when they quit the horse spontane- 

 ously. It is, however, very easy to prevent their 

 propagation, by cutting off the hair with a pair of 

 scissors where the worms are deposited, or by a fre- 

 quent use of the curry-comb or brush. A run at 

 grass, by invigorating the system, contributes much 

 to the removal of the ascarides. Frequently, a 

 horse takes a natural purging, v;hen a great number 

 of these troublesome insects are ejected. 



26. Broken-wind. 



Symptoms. — This disease is indicated by the breath- 

 ing of the horse altering from its natural state, and, 

 from an easy, gentle, and uniform respiration, to a 

 painful, laborious, heaving, and violent agitation of 

 the flanks, which rise from several successive undula- 

 tions to an extreme height, then suddenly relax, and 

 fall downwards beyond the natural extent of these 

 parts : the nostrils become dilated, and the face 

 emaciated and contracted. Such are the symptoms 

 in aggravated cases ; but the disease exists in every 

 degree of mildness or violence. 



In the earliest stages of this disorder, the abdomen 

 is painfully contracted ; but in cases of long stand- 



