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VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



to allay the painful and feverish thirst, but to keep the blood in a proper 

 fluid condition to circulate through the minute pulmonary capillaries. 

 If the prostration be very great, stimulants, as wine or brandy, are to be 

 tried; if they seem to act beneficially, they are to be continued, but not 

 otherwise. 



BOTS. 



Definition. — Bots are a species of worms found in the stomach and 

 intestines of horses. Fig. 65. 



Fig. 65. 

 Stomach of Horse with Larvaa of Gastrophilus Equi attached to its coat. 



Etiology. — They come from the nits or larvas of the common gadfly 

 of the horse, which may be seen in July and the following warm months 

 busily engaged in laying these eggs upon the hairs at various parts, chiefly, 

 however, about the inside of the knee. The manner in which this fly 

 deposits its eggs is peculiar, and is well illustrated by Fig. 66. 



