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be small in bulk, but nutritious in quality ; no work should 

 be imposed. He prescribes : 



Strychnia , . A quarter of a grain, worked 

 gradually up to one grain. 



Iodide of iron . . Half a drachm, worked gradually 

 up to one drachm and a half. 



Extract of belladonna One scruple. 



Extract of gentian . A sufficiency. 



Powdered quassia . A sufficiency. 



Make into a ball ; give one at night and at morning. 



Should the fluctuation and tumidity not yield, we must 

 proceed to the operation of tapping, which offers the 

 most reasonable chance in the complaint when performed 

 early. 



Tapping is a simple operation. The spot chosen for the 

 opening should be upon the linea alba, midway between 

 the umbilicus and the sheath ; in the mare between the 

 ambilicus and pubes. This point should be chosen for 

 the puncture, which ought to be made directly upwards ; 

 and both this and the former operation for wind must be 

 conducted and treated upon similar principles, with the 

 exception that in ascites the whole of the fluid may be 

 evacuated at once, and allowed further to drain off by the 

 simple application of a linen bandage. Should benefit be 

 derived, endeavour to prevent a recurrence by strengthening 

 the general habit. 



Swelled legs shall receive separate consideration, for 

 obvious reasons. 



WORMS, BOTS, AND PARASITIC ANIMALS. 



Worms, most frequent in the stomach and bowels of the 

 horse, have been found in every part of his system. In 

 abscesses, in the mesenteric glands and artery, in the 

 substance of the abdominal muscles, in the liver, in the 

 windpipe, in the salivary ducts, and even in the pancreas. 



The worms most generally found in the stomach of the 

 adult horse are Bots. The parasite most inimical to colts 

 is the tcenia, or tape-worm. Lumhrici teres, or round- 

 worms, most frequently found in the small intestines ; 

 Ascarides, a small worm infesting the large intestines; 



