ASCARIDES AND STRONGULI. 
This worm preys upon the weakly, be they old or young. 
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One tenia 
will produce immense disturbance; whereas numbers of the lumbrici 
will cause little or no effect. 
Whoever has remarked the dunghill in a 
knacker’s yard has seen it to consist quite as much of lumbrici as of 
excrement. 
pests with ease and certainty. 
Mr. Woodger, of Bishop’s Road, Paddington, removes these 
The above-named veterinary surgeon 
gives two drachms of tartarized antimony with a sufficiency of common 
mass, as a ball, every morning, until the parasites are expelled. 
ASCARIDES AND STRONGULI. 
These parasites inhabit the large intestines. 
a. The sole opening by which 
air can enter. It is placed upon 
the ground and guarded by a 
valve; so that air, after having 
entered, cannot leave the in- 
strument by this opening. 
b. The box containing lighted 
tobacco, through which all air 
drawn into the instrument must 
necessarily pass. 
c. The pump. 
d. The end of the tube through 
which the fumes are driven. 
They produce extraor- 
To load the instrument: un- 
screw the lid of the box. Fill 
that with lighted tobacco. Fix 
on the lid again. Rest the air 
entrance upon the ground, and 
move the handle of the pump 
up and down. By this move- 
ment the air is first drawn 
through the lighted tobacco 
into the pump, and is then sent 
through the tube. 
THE APPARATUS BY MEANS OF WHICH A TOBACCO SMOKE ENEMA IS ADMINISTERED. 
dinary ravages, notwithstanding their insignificant appearance. 
last is difficult to eradicate because of the extent 
of bowel which it infests. The stronguli will 
sometimes eat through important structures, but 
the ascarides are always located within the rec- 
tum. Then, most medicines being deprived of 
activity, are inoperative before they reach the 
last locality. For this reason it is best to com- 
mence the treatment with injections of train oil. 
Should these be followed by no result at the ex- 
piration of a week, resort to a solution of catechu 
—one ounce to the quart of water: give that 
for seven mornings. Upon the eighth, give the 
animal a mash, and at night administer a mild 
physic ball; about four drachms of aloes and one 
The 
a N 
A HORSE THAT HAS RUBBED ITSELP 
VIOLENTLY AGAINST A WALL. 
drachm of calomel. Repeat the medicine if required; but if not, resort at 
once to the arsenicalis and ale or stout, which was recently recommended. 
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