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is a v/ell-grounded suspicion that they inhabit the 

 body, a dose of some vermifuge should be given. 



For the expulsion of the round-worm, the following 

 anthelmintic should be administered : — 



Arsenious acid . . . i drachm, 

 Powd. sulph. of iron . . 2 ounces, 

 Tart, of antimony . . i J ounce. 



Mix and divide into twelve powders, and give one 

 each morning ; follow up on the fourteenth day by an 

 aloetic ball. 



If the existence of the tape- worm is apprehended, 

 then the following will be the proper remedy : — 



Turpentine ... -J ounce. 

 Castor oil . . . . 2 ounces, 

 Gum arable, in powder . i ounce ; 



treacle to form it into a ball. Warm mashes to be 

 given for a day afterv/ards. 



It seldom, however, happens that these are removed 

 by one dose ; and unless it is quite certain that the 

 entire animal has been discharged, the above medicine 

 must be repeated. If even a link or two is broken off 

 and left in the intestines, these will be regenerated 

 into a perfect worm, as they have the property of 

 reproducing the parts of which they have been de- 

 prived. 



THE BOTS. 



Horses may be infested by bots without apparently 

 suffering material injury from them. But we cannot 

 agree with the opinion of Mr Bracy Clark, that they 

 are destined by Nature to act upon the food in the 

 stomach by trituration, or as pepper does in the 

 human stomach. Like every other part of the animal 

 body, this organ is so admirably constructed that in 



