CHAP. III.] WORMS — CAUSE HIDE-BOUND. 407 



Ginger, 8 drachms, 

 Salt of tartar, 10 grains. 

 Mix with mucilage sufficient to form the mass into 

 four balls ; give them daily. If the preparation of 

 arsenic in No. 1 is disliked, substitute the alterative 

 ball at page 895 for it, and follow it up with the 

 bark as above (No. 2.) 



The following ball is calculated to improve the 

 coat, and will be found beneficial when the animal 

 is recovering, if given in these proportions for ten 

 days or a fortnight. 



Alterative Balls* 



Tartarised antimony, 3 ounces, 



Powdered ginger, 2 ounces, 



Opium, 5 drachms. 

 Mix with mucilage sufficient to form the mass, to be 

 divided into ten balls, and give one daily. 



WORMS. 



As remarked in a preceding page, 404, so many 

 other disorders, external as well as internal, have 

 been charged to the existence of worms in the sto- 

 mach and intestinal canal by veterinary writers, 

 that we find much difficulty in persuading ourselves 

 this is at any time the precise ailment which afflicts 

 the animal when his coat becomes staring, and his 

 skin sticks to his ribs. Most frequently, however, 

 that ugly appearance which denotes hide-bound, 

 and other similar symptoms that depend upon sus- 

 pended perspiration, arise from tubercular diseases 



