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will be evidence of their existence. At this time physic will hasten them 

 Away. A usual remedy is to give once a day for three days, 1 drachm 

 sulphate of copper, to be followed at the end of the time with 4 drachms 

 of Barbadoes aloes, and repeat at the end of a week if necessary. Or 

 the following will be found safe and effective ; 



No. 94. 1 yi Drachms calomel, 



1 yi Drachms powdered Bavin, 

 2 Drachms powdered assafoetida, 

 30 Drops oil of male shield fern. 



Make into a ball with molasses and linseed meal, to be given at night 

 and followed next morning with 4 drachms of aloes. 



In the. South, Azedarach (pride of China) is grown around stables for 

 its supposed efficacy in destroying bots by being eaten by horses. If so, 

 it can only be while the bots are quite young. Since, after acquiring 

 some age and becoming fastened to the stomach, they resist alike, strong 

 acids, alkalies, irrespirable gases, narcotics and mineral poisons. 



Colics, etc., arising from bots, maybe treated by anti-spasmodics as 

 given under that head. As a preventive against bots, keep the long hairs 

 of the jaws, breast and fore-limbs trimmed close, and apply a little oil 

 daily ; and brush off any eggs that may be found. Animals kept in sta- 

 bles and well groomed are seldom troubled with bots. 



<E8TRU8 HBMORRHOiDALis. 2.— Eggs magnified. 3.— TheBot. 4.— The 



Crysalis. 6.— The male fly. 



Another bot fly ( CEstrus Hemorrhoidalis) resembles the oestris equi 

 quite closely, and deposits its eggs upon the lips and upon the hairs 

 under the jaw. Dropping into the food, they are swallowed and fasten 

 to the stomach in dense clusters. The larvae are somewhat longer in pro- 

 portion to their bulk than the species equi. 



When ready to pass away they sometimes cause irritation of the 

 bowels and anus by sticking there. The same means must be used for 

 •his species as for the other. 



Intestinal worms. — ^There are various intestinal worms that inhabit tho 



