CHAP. III.] MANAGED WITH CAUTION, GOOD. 415 



Mix with syrup of buckthorn, and form the com- 

 post into four balls, one to be given at intervals 

 of five or six days. Water-gruel or a bran mash 

 to precede each ball, as before, and give the same 

 when the physic may be working off. 



Some horses, however, cannot bear the bolus 

 No. 1, calomel having a tendency to gripe ; in that 

 case the quantity should be divided into three balls 

 and given on three successive nights, followed by 

 "No. 2. on the fourth morning. In like maimer, if 

 the horse be not a very strong one, the above 

 quantity of No. 3. may be divided into six or eight 

 balls, and given at intervals of two days each until 

 purging is produced. Indeed, neither of these 

 medicines should be given, least of all continued, 

 when the animal dungs loosely. From those pre- 

 cautions, it is manifest that our opinions, so often 

 expressed regarding the misuse of strong medicines, 

 remains unaltered ; and if we have been successful 

 in impressing the reader with the same wholesome 

 and humane truths, he will at once perceive the 

 absolute necessity of attending to the symptoms, to 

 assure himself that the patient really has the worms, 

 and not some other affection of the liver, kidneys, 

 coecum, &c, as remarked at the head of this article. 

 Mistakes in these respects often prove fatal, or at 

 least affect the animal's future health. 



If worms actually exist, they cannot fail to come 

 away with the foregoing course of medicine ; and 

 the patient, though a little weak at first, will come 

 out of hand with a good appetite, brisk in his man- 



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