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Vermifuges, or Worm Medicines. — Tin or iron filings, 

 not levigated, or powdered glass, are the mechanical 

 remedies for worms in the horse. This class of remedy 

 is called anthelmintic. The other remedies are : Common 

 salt, six to eight ounces ; savine leaves, one ounce ; 

 cowhage, half a drachm ; calomel, one scruple ; arsenic, ten 

 grains ; aloes, till they purge ; tartar emetic, a drachm for 

 six successive mornings, and then a cathartic ball ; and, 

 last and best, oil of turpentine, two or three ounces. All 

 worm medicines should be given fasting. The best known 

 and most certain symptom of worms is a dry yellow matter 

 under the tail ; worms, however, are often present without 

 this appearance presenting itself. A proper attention to a 

 supply of salt in the manger or food is the best preventive 

 of these annoying parasites ; and we need hardly repeat 

 that prevention is better than cure. Clysters, with 

 preliminary back-raking, will get rid of some sorts, such 

 as thread-worms, tape-worms (seldom found in the horse), 

 and round worms, the special parasite of this animal. 

 The hots are not affected by our general vermifuges, and 

 defy their action. The following clyster will often effect 

 an ejectment of ascarides, taenia, or round worms : solution 

 of aloes, 4 ounces ; tepid water, 1 quart ; common salt, 1 

 ounce. And give the horse at the same time 1 drachm of 

 tartar emetic every morning in a ball, and after six of 

 these doses of the tartar, a moderate dose of aloes, to expel 

 the parasites, already enfeebled by the previous medicine. 



