Chap. XXXIX. Of Worms, Sec 145 



And therefore Markham's Aflertion mud A falfe AJfer 

 be as falfe as ridiculous, and only taken upon ^^°" f Mark 

 Truft, from the Speech of fome Mounte- l^^n^'-^- 

 bank ; where fpeaking of the Red Worms, he Hiys, " He 

 " has feen Horfes whofe Stomachs have been eaten quite 

 *' through with them, io that the Meat which they eat 

 " could not abide in their Stomach, but fell, upon the 

 *' fwallowing, into the Body, making the Body fwell like 

 " a Tun, fo that they dy'd with huge Torment. 



Neither will the Hiftories we have of Worms being void- 

 ed at the Mouth of Men and Women, however authentick, 

 avail any thing to prove their fubfilling in the Stomach, 

 lince it is very certain they have been thrown upwards, like 

 the Gall or Excrements in the lliack Paflion, when the 

 Periftaltick Motion of the Guts has been very much inver- 

 ted ; and thefe have been but a very fhort while in the Sto- 

 mach before their Ejedlment. 



We may therefore very reafonably affirm, AllWoYms bred 

 fince the modern Difcoveries have fhewn ^^ ^'^^ Guts, 

 us the true Ufe of the Stomach, that this Sort of Vermin 

 can only be bred and fubfifted in the Guts of any live Ani- 

 mal, and not in the Stomach ; and when they are found 

 there at any Time, it is either after the Animal is dead, that 

 the Action of the Stomach ceafes, or elfe they are brought 

 into it in the Manner we have already mentioned. 



Now the Caufe of Worms is from Foul q-j^^ q ^^ 

 Feeding, and very often from a bad Digef- Worms, 

 tion ; for that will have the fame Effect as 

 corrupt and unwholfome Food. For the Aliment, when 

 it is not fufficiently broke and comminuted in the Stomach, 

 turns to Crudities, and is render'd the more liable to putrifie 

 in the Guts ; fo that a proper Matter is Furnifhed for the 

 Frodudtion of Vermiin : And therefore wc may often ob- 

 ierve, that as Children, even fo young Horfes, are more 

 liable to be infefted with Worms, than thole that are grown 

 to Maturity. And this may probably proceed from the 

 Weaknefs and Flexibility of the folid Parts, whereby, iho' 

 their Appetites are at that Time fenfible and vigorous, yet 

 the Stomach mull a(fl lefs forcibly upon the Aliment, than 

 when they are arriv'd to a more advanc'd State ; fo that of 

 Confequence they may be render'd more liable to the Pro- 

 duclion of thofe Animals. 



The Signs are all thofe that appear in a TheSlp-m. 

 Cholick/or befides that thofe Infet^s occafion 



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