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DISEASES AND THE1E TEEATMEJST. 



FIG. 



tained are put in without regard to much tech- 

 nical explanation.) 



Symptoms of worms arc debility, feeble- 

 ness, sluggish movements, emaciation, staring 

 coat, hide bound, skin covered with blotches, 

 irregular and capricious appetite, tucked up 

 belly, pallid appearance of the lining mem- 

 brane of the lip, badly digested faeces, rubs 

 the tail, and where fundament worms exist, a 

 whitish substance will be found about the fun- 

 dament. Many horses have worms, and their 

 presence is never suspected till they appear in 

 the dung. Troublesome diarrhea is sometimes 

 produced by the presence of ascarides in the 

 ccecum, and are sometimes 

 found in vast numbers in 

 the rectum. 



Treatment. The horse 

 should bo put on bran 



mystax. mashes for a few days, then 



give him nothing but water 

 a. Male ; 6. Female ; o *> 



<?, d. The expansion of for eight or ten. hours, then 

 give the following drench:- 



1 quart linseed oil, 



2 ounces spirits of turpentine. 



In an hour after give a warm bran mash, 

 and next morning give a dose of physic. If 

 thought necessary, in about a week this may 

 be repeated. Flo 796. Young Fiia- 



Dr. Somerville claimed there was no better ria thread-worm. 



medicine for tiro destruction of worms than A - Young worm as 



,,.,., , . . ,, - , rolled up in the body of 



calomel, and advised it to be given in the fol- the mother ; J?. The 



lowing combinations : 6a , me unrolled in a drop 



of water; a. Head, with 



3 drachms calomel, * ne protuberances and 



1 drachm tartar emetic. ih ' *' Or ]g iu of the 



tail, with the anus 



Mix, and divide into three powders, one to bo ( backside )- 

 given at night for three successive nights, to be followed in twenty-four hours 

 with a good purging ball. Or, 



