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legs straddling 1 , has slight attacks of 

 gripes, and frequently turns his head to- 

 wards his belly, which commonly appears 

 large and low. Bots may often be found 

 among the dung ; these are very tena- 

 cious of life, and resist most of our strong 

 vermifuges. Common salt is one of the 

 most powerful remedies ; but subjects the 

 horse to considerable inquietude. The 

 root of the male fern, levigated and given 

 fresh, is highly extolled, as is soot also. 

 But we believe that strong doses of calo- 

 mel and gamboge will be found the most 

 efficient, provided they be persevered in 

 so as to scour for a number of days, or 

 even perhaps a fortnight, in succession ; 

 but this must greatly depend on the 

 condition and constitution of the horse. 

 The teretes, or long round worms, are 

 commonly white, about ten inches in 

 length, and require very strong purges 

 to dislodge them. The ascarides, which 

 are very small worms, scarcely longer 

 than a common needle, are not so bad 

 as the preceding, in their effect on the 

 intestines, but give considerable uneasi- 

 ness. We recommend the continued 

 purge, as affording the best prospect of 

 expulsion. 



Under the article EQ.TTUS the reader 

 will find what appertains more particu- 

 larly to the nature of that useful animal : 

 we shall conclude this with strongly in- 

 culcating the expediency of avoiding 

 communication with farriers, and in ad- 

 vising the introduction of regular medi- 

 cal or surgical aid, whenever horses suf- 

 fer under such indisposition, as cannot 

 be removed by the cheap and simple re- 

 course to good bedding, ease, mode- 

 rate warmth, generous diet, suited to the 

 case : and where there appear inflam- 

 matory symptoms, to bleed to the amount 

 of two, three, or even four quarts, sub- 

 stituting diluent beverage, such as warm 

 hay or linseed-tea, or scalded bran, or 

 malt, in lieu of more substantial food. 

 By such attention, and by forbearance 

 from violent or harsh measures, we have 

 seen horses speedily recover from com- 

 plaints, that, under the farrier's auspices, 

 would have induced long disease, and 

 along bill. There will be found in every 

 town some person capable of giving ad- 

 vice at least; and in most places some 

 one of the profession will be found will- 

 ing to take charge of a sick horse. For- 

 merly, indeed, such a request would 

 have appeared an affront ; but in these 

 more enlightened times, that apprehen- 

 sion need not be entertained : indeed 

 many eminent surgeons pride themselves 



on a familiar acquaintance with veteri- 

 nary subjects. Perhaps we may be right 

 in observing, that the designation of horse- 

 doctor being banished from our country 

 establishments, to make way for the more 

 respectable title of doctor of horse, has not 

 a little contributed towards the present 

 liberality of sentiment to this useful pro.* 

 fession. 



To such readers as may be desirous of 

 obtaining a full acquaintance with the 

 subject, we recommend personal appli- 

 cation to Mr. Coleman, and that they 

 subscribe to the college fund. By such 

 means they will derive the utmost advan- 

 tage from the liberality and abilities o,f 

 that gentleman, and gradually become 

 competent 'to the treatment of the most 

 ordinary class of accidents and distem- 

 pers. Mr. Coleman's work will also be 

 found a cheap and highly useful member 

 of the library. 



FASCIAE, in astronomy, certain parts 

 on Jupiter's body resembling belts or 

 swathes. They are more lucid than the 

 rest of that planet, and are terminated 

 by parallel lines, sometimes broader and 

 sometimes narrower. M. Huygens ob- 

 served a facia in Mars much broader 

 than those of Jupiter, and possessing 

 the middle part of his disk, but very ob- 

 scure. 



FASCINES, in fortification, faggots, of 

 small wood of about a foot diameter, and 

 six feet long, bound in the middle and at 

 both ends. They are used in raising bat- 

 teries, making chandeliers, in filling up. 

 the moat to facilitate the passage to the 

 wall, in binding the ramparts where the 

 earth is bad, and in making parapets of 

 trenches to screen the men. 



FASCIOLA, in natural history, gourd- 

 -worm, a genus of the Vermes Intestina 

 class and order. Body flattish, with an 

 aperture or pore at the head, and gene- 

 rally another at a distance benearfi, sel- 

 dom a single one. About fifty species 

 have been described. They are divided 

 into different sections, viz. those infest- 

 ing mammalia, birds, reptiles, fish, and 

 worms ; among the first is F. hepatica, 

 fluke or gourd-worm ; which is found 

 in the liver of sheep, and is often vo- 

 mited in brooks, and is generally found 

 fixed by a pore at the extremity, and 

 another in the middle of the abdo- 

 men, and occasions dropsy, and the dis- 

 order which is called the rot. The body 

 of this animal is about an inch long, 

 broader on the fore-part, and terminat- 

 ed by a tube ; the back marked with, 



