THE BOTS. 
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Let it be given at night, and the following purgative in 
the morning:— 
Aloes . .5 drachms, 
Ginger . ... 2 drachms; 
to be made into a bail with treacle. 
When the animal is infested by ascarides, the same 
medicine should be given as for the round-worm; but il 
frequently has not the desired effect. When this is the case, 
recourse must be had to injections, after the medicine *- 
Lintseed oil . .1 quart; or 
Aloes, dissolved in warm water, 1 ounce. 
If the existence of the tape-worm is apprehended, then 
the following will be the proper remedy :— 
Turpentine . . . ^ ounce, 
Castor oil . . .2 ounces, 
Gum arabic, in powder . 1 ounce ; 
treacle to form it into a ball. Warm mashes to be given 
for a day afterwards 
It seldom, however, happens that these are removed bj 
one dose; and unless it is quite certain that the entire 
animal has been discharged, the above medicine must be 
repeated. If even a link or two is broken off and lefl 
in the intestines, these will be regenerated into a perfect 
worm, as they have the property of reproducing the parts 
of which they have been deprived. 
THE BOTS. 
Horses may be infested by bots without suffering material 
injury from them. But we cannot agree with the opinion 
of Mr. Bracy Clark, that they are destined by Nature to act 
upon the food in the stomach by trituration, or as pepper 
does in the human stomach, Like every other part of the 
