WORMS. 



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ments,' emaciation, staring coat, hide bound, 

 skin covered with blotches, irregular and capri- 

 cious appetite, tucked up belly, pallid appearance 

 of the lining membrane of the lip, badly digested 

 feces ; rubs the tail, and when fundament worms 

 exist, a whitish substance will be found about the 

 fundament. Many horses have worms, and their 

 presence is never suspected till they appear in 

 the dung. Troublesome diarrhea is sometimes 

 produced by the presence of ascarides in the cae- 

 cum, which are sometimes found in vast numbers 

 in the rectum. 



Treatment. — The horse should be put on bran 

 mashes for a few days, then give him nothing but 

 water for eight or ten hours, then give the follow- 

 ing drench : — 



Linseed-oil 1 qt. 



Spirits of turpentine H oz. 



In an hour after give a warm bran mash, and 

 the next morning give a dose of physic. If 

 thought necessary, in about a week this may be 

 repeated. 



Dr. Summerville claimed there was no better 

 medicine for the destruction of worms than cal- 

 omel, and advised it to be given in the following 

 combinations: — 



Fia. 



881.— Ascarls 

 Mystax. 



&. Hale; b: Female ; 

 c. d. The expansion of 

 its anterior part seen 

 from the front and side. 



Calomel. 3 dr. 



Tartar emetic 1 dr. 



Mix, and divide into three powders, one tq be given at night for 

 three successive nights, to be followed in twenty-four hours with. a 

 good purging ball. . Or, — 



Aloes 4 dr. 



Tartar emetic 1 dr. 



Ginger , 2 dr. 



Calomel about the size, -of a bean, and molasses enough to make 

 into a ball. To be given' every morning for three days. 



Dr. Hamill found, in treating inflammation of the extremi- 

 ties caused by "injuries, such as getting a nail in the foot, where ex- 

 cessive, that occasionally after giving a dose of aloes and calomel 

 large numbers of worms were expelled- Would advise from two to 

 four drachms calomel, with aloes according to size and temperament 

 of the horse. ' 



