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the nutrient part of the food or mucus of the bowels. 

 We thixik we have a tight skin, a rough coat, and 

 tucked-up belly connected with their presence. They 

 have even been voided in large quantities, and when 

 they are not thus voided we should be disposed to 

 trace those symptoms to other causes. A dose of 

 physic will sometimes bring away almost incredible 

 quantities of them. 



A smaller, dark-colored worm, called the needle- 

 worm, inhabits the large intestines. Hundreds of 

 them sometimes descend into the rectum, and im- 

 mense quantities have been found in the intestines. 

 These are a more serious pest than the former, for 

 they cause a very serious irritation about the funda- 

 ment, which sadly annoys the horse. A good dose of 

 physic is the favorite remedy. Often injections of tr. 

 aloes or asafoetida, combined with Castile soap, are 

 very beneficial. The tape-worm is very seldom found 

 in the horse. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER. 



Symptoms. — This is no uncommon disease in the 

 horse, and is more unskilfully and fatally treated than 

 almost any other. The first symptoms are generally 

 fever, but the seat of the disease soon becomes evi- 

 dent. The horse looks anxiously around at his flanks, 

 stands with his hind legs apart, straddles as he walks, 

 expressing pain in turning, shrinks when the loins are 

 pressed, and some degree of heat is felt there; the 

 urine is voided in small quantities, and frequently is 

 high-colored and sometimes bloody; the attempt is 

 made to void urine until the animal strains painfully 

 and violently, but the discharge is nearly suppressed; 

 the pulse is quick and hard in the early stages of the 

 disease. These symptoms clearly indicate an affection 



