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to give a purge and watch the droppings. The following is a good 

 Vermifuge drench : 



No. 111. 4 Drachms aloes, 



1 Ounce powdered male fern, 

 20 Drops oil of worm seed. 

 Give this in a pint of warm gruel an hour before feeding in the morning. 



If it be found that there are tape worms, if the horse is weak, give an 

 ounce of areca nut fasting and follow with 4 drachms of aloes. If the 

 animal is strong, give an ounce of oil of turpentine in an ounce of water. 

 In four hours give another dose and follow in an hour with 4 drachms 

 aloes. In the case of common pin worms, (^Sclerostomum Equinuni) and 

 all worms inhabiting the bowels except the tape worm, the following 

 vermifuge will act kindly : 



No. 112. 1 Drachm tartar emetic, 



y% Drachm powdered ginger. 



Mix with enough linseed meal to form a ball, then moisten with hot 

 water and give a dose daily for a week, before feeding. Follow with a 

 dose of one pint of linseed oil, wait another week, and repeat as before. 

 Then give good generous diet, with tonics daily, say 2 drachms sulphate 

 of iron, or 4 drachms gentian in the food. 



For worms lodging in the gut near the rectum, give an injection of a 

 strong decoction of wormwood or tansey. The prevention of worms is to 

 pay attention to the water the animal drinks, to be careful of dog's drop- 

 pings in the pasture, and to give sound grain and hay as food, since lib- 

 eral feeding and good general care will often extirpate the parasites. 

 For other vermifuges see article 3 of this chapter. 



XVn. Diarrhea. 



Diarrhea is a condition of frequent watery discharges from the bowels, 

 and may be produced by so many causes, as irritating and indigestible 

 food, worms, severe purgation by medicines, disorders of the liver, or 

 constitutional tendency, that no general rule can be given. The owner of 

 the animal must find the cause before proceeding intelligently to giv« 

 relief. The most we can do is to give some general indications. 



Sometimes diarrhoea is an effort of nature to rid the body of injurious 

 matter; then the effort should be aided. Early in the effort give the 

 horse a pint of linseed oil, or if an active purge be required, a pint of 

 castor oil. If the diarrhcea does not cease check it with ounce doses of 

 laudanum and follow with tea of slippery elm bark, or linseed. If the 



