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tie up his head, allowing him nothing but water for eight or 

 ten hours, when the following drench should be given — 



"WoEM Drench. 

 Linseed oil, . . 1 quart. 



Spirits of turpentine, . 2 ounces. 



Mix. 



In an hour after he may have a bran-mash, and next morn- 

 ing a dose of physic. This may be repeated, if necessary, 

 in about a week. Tartar emetic, calomel, santonine, oU of 

 male-shield-ferns, and assafcetida, are also recommended, but 

 none have proved superior to turpentine. Other vermifuges 

 are given at page 218. As after treatment he must be liber- 

 ally fed on good oats, boiled barley, a little oil-cake or boiled 

 linseed, with occasional bran-mashes ; then, with light work, 

 and good grooming, he will soon recover his condition. 

 "> T he use of sulphat e of ir on and arsenic— -2_diuof_the 

 farmer, and 5 grs. of the latter-*— twic e a day f oi^ week at 

 a time, will improve the appetite ^nd give t one to the 

 system, the iron provmg a poison to the worms or their 

 oviparous remains, as no iron enters into the composition of 

 their blood.^ 



PBOTEUSIQN OF THE EECTUM. 



The bowels terminate in a straight gut called the rectum, 

 in which the faeces accumulate until they are expelled. 

 Sometimes, in consequence of the painful straining in super- 

 purgation and diarrhoea, or loading of the colon and consti- 

 • pation, the gut is forced out, and protrudes to the length of 

 one or two feet. 



Treatment. — It must be returned at once, wash it with 

 tepid water and a little spirits, pass up the hand well oiled, 

 and remove any faeces that may be within reach, and it will 

 be easily replaced. Some bland gruel injection, with one or 



