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When the bowels are full of these parasites too much 

 nourishment is taken from the animal ; and they con- 

 stantly irritate the coats of the intestines. The proof 

 of the existence of these worms will be the unthrifty 

 appearance of the horse ; the enlarged belly ; the 

 staring coat ; the ravenous appetite ; or a harsh hollow 

 cough. 



Even now it will not be necessary to have recourse 

 to any violent measures. No strong mercurial physic, 

 which endangers or half kills the horse, is needed. 

 The following ball will usually be effectual in the 

 expulsion of the parasites. 



RECIPE (No. 37). 



Worm Ball, for Long, round Worm. 



Take — Emetic tartar, two drachms ; 



Powdered ginger, half a drachm ; 

 Linseed meal, six drachms : 

 Make into a ball with palm oil. 



One of these balls should be given every morning, 

 half an hour before the first feed ; and, after ten or 

 twelve of them have been taken, the horse should 

 have a dose of common physic. 



The owner should not be dissatisfied if only a few 

 worms are voided. They are usually destroyed within 

 the intestines ; and, the preservative power of life 

 being lost, they are digested. The best proof of the 

 medicine having been effectual will be that the worms 

 cease to appear ; and the horse improves in condition. 



Another kind of worm (the Ascarides) inhabits 

 the larger intestines; and particularly the last of 

 them— the rectum. It is a little worm, one inch and 



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