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the article upon the diseases of the eye passing reference was made 

 to the occasional presence therein of a worm; this is designated 

 the Filaria papulosa, and as already stated, the only method of 

 disposing of this parasite is to remove it by operative surgery. 

 Although it is almost universally deemed necessary to destro}'- the in- 

 ternal parasite by the administration of some drug that will destroy, 

 there is in this course of procedure an invariable attendant risk of 

 either poisoning the host or producing in it the pathogenetic action 

 of the drug; and we are much more favorable to the slower and 

 more tedious process of treating the host with a long course of 

 medicine in a moderate homoeopathic attenuation with a view to 

 constitutional remedial action; as has already been said, to render 

 the intestines or other locality an unfit place of habitation for the 

 parasite, and so starve it out as it were, such a result we believe 

 to be quite within the region of possibility, although the sugges- 

 tion may make a considerable demand upon the credulity of most 

 persons; it goes without saying, strong drugs cannot be adminis- 

 tered for the destruction of worms without exercising some bane- 

 ful influence upon the horse; for instance, although oil of turpen- 

 tine will in all probability effectually destroy a large proportion of 

 the worms present in the animal, there is a great risk of its 

 setting up strangury. Aloes, in sufficient quantities and given 

 often enough, will without doubt clear out the parasites, but its 

 administration for this purpose is very likely to set up super- 

 purgation or even inflammation of the intestines; it is therefore 

 worthy of serious consideration of horse owners whether it is not 

 worth a trial to dispose of these troublesome and undesirable 

 guests by means of middle measures; as already indicated Cina 

 3x is a successful remedy; Spigelia ix might also be put to the 

 test, especially if giddiness, colic, lassitude and itching at the 

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We propose to offer a few suggestions upon the nature 

 and character of this process, because in the first place it is 

 frequently referred to in the course of this work, and also because 

 such indefinite ideas concerning it prevail in the minds of laymen 

 generally, the term laymen being adopted to distinguish between 



