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the hind leg and lift upwards and backwards until 

 the legs are brought out into the passage. Now 

 repeat the work for the other leg and the job is 

 done. 



It is always a good plan, after difficult partu- 

 rition, especially when any abnormal discharge ap- 

 pears, to wash out the womb with warm water in 

 which a little carbolic acid or creolin is placed. 

 Use this daily for a few days. 



PALISADE WORM. — The worms are found in 

 the horse in two periods of existence. The mature 

 worms are usually found attached to the mucous 

 membrane of the intestinal wall of the large in- 

 testine, with the head sunk deep for the purpose of 

 sucking blood, which gives them the brown or red 

 color. The immature are found sometimes in the 

 same organs, in a small capsule covering, in small 

 pellets of manure, in cavities or cysts, varying in 

 size from a pin-head to that of a hazel nut, in the 

 walls of the intestines, and also in the arteries and 

 other structures of the body. 



When present in the kidneys or in the arteries 

 leading to the kidneys, or in the surrounding tis- 

 sues, a horse is especially sensitive to pressure over 

 the loins. They have been known to cause paraly- 

 sis. When found in the brain, an animal, when 

 working, suddenly begins to stagger, the eyes be- 

 come fixed, and the horse shows many of the symp- 

 toms of " blind staggers." When the large arteries 

 of the abdomen are affected, and this is their favor- 

 able location in the circulatory system, the animal 

 is frequently subject to colic, which often results 

 in death. This is also the case when found in 

 great numbers in the intestines. 



From a thorough investigation of a great many 

 cases, both before and after death, the conclusions 



