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as having worms. These appearances may or may not depend 

 upon the cause in question. A starved, unthrifty state of the 

 animal, may arise from causes of a widely different character. 

 On the other hand, we frequently find worms in great abundance 

 in horses in which we do not expect to find them. Stout, fat, 

 high conditioned horses, are sometimes attacked with inflamma- 

 tion of the bowels : death may result in consequence, and upon 

 making a fost mortem examination of the carcase, the stomach 

 and small intestines may be found to contain hundreds of 

 worms, numbers of which may have perforated the walls of the 

 intestines, and penetrated the abdominal cavity ; and yet during 

 the life of the animal there may not have been observed a single 

 symptom which would have led any one to suspect the presence 

 of so many parasites. 



A common symptom, and one generally considered indicative 

 of worms, is that of a deposit of yellow fungus-looking matter 

 close to the fundament ; this sign I regard as a correct one ; its 

 absence, however, does not indicate the absence of worms. 



Teeatment. — A number of remedies such as emetic tartar, 

 linseed oil, tobacco, vinegar, and others, are considered infallible 

 destroyers of worms ; it is not, however, easy to destroy them 

 so long as they remain vnthin the body. 



I have made a number of experiments with reference to 

 their speedy destruction, by immersing earth worms in various 

 liquid medicines, such as spirits of turpentine, tincture of nux 

 vomica, liquor arsenicalis, tincture of aconite, and many others, 

 aU of which in their concentrated state will kill worms ; but, 

 unfortunately, these medicines cannot be so administered to 

 the living animal without endangering its life. 



In the treatment of a horse infested with worms, it should 

 be borne in mind that we have a double duty to fulfil, viz : to 

 destroy the worms, and also that state of the digestive organs 

 which favours their development. 



