beep Imslmnforg. 
II. 8. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Or Cobtland Village, Cobtlakd County, New York. 
TAPE-WORMS IN SHEEP: 
Do they Cnu»o “Polo Disease I” 
North East, Erie Co., Pa., Aug. 30, IfiflO. 
II. S. Han da u., Esq. - Dear Sir; In (.he bottle 
I send you please find a part of a Tape-worm, 
three or four yards long, (the whole worm was 
about ten yards loug.) taken by myself from tho 
small Intestine of a lamb o£ about Uvo months 
old. Von will also dud two pieces of Intestines 
- one from tho same lamb, tho other from 
anot her lamb of same age, In which were found 
t wo worms about as long, but, not as largo, as the 
one a part of which ia sent. Please examine and 
preserve them. The whisky now on them is 
good. Yesterday I wrote you a let ter mom full 
than this, which 1 suppose you will get by mall. 
1 think Tape-worm Is not a now disease in 
sheep. Yours in haste, 
Thos. A. Bkmus. 
In his other letter referred to, Mr. BeSJus 
gives the following additional particulars: The 
lambs from which the worms wore taken had, In 
hia opinion, the symptoms of “pale disease.” 
due, though horn “reasonably strong,” and 
though it ale well, was always poor. Tho other 
(tho one that had two tape-worms) had boon 
plump and lively until within six weeks. Mr. B. 
occasionally observed “ whitish matter or pus in 
tltc dung.” Ho thought, the disease “grub in 
the head." Ho killed llio lambs (Aug. lath) to 
ascertain their malady more certainly by a post¬ 
mortem examination. Ho found the tape-worms 
lying lengthwise In the small Intestines. lie has 
been familiar with sheep for thirty yoars; has 
owned his present flock sixteen years. They 
are pure blood Merinos of tho Atwood stock. 
They have been generally healthy nud thrifty. 
But there havo been some poor ones among them 
when well fed, and ho has observed in their oases 
the same pus-llko substance In tho dung, and the 
other symptoms exhibited by the lambs killed. 
He has observed the same in other flocks; and 
*• has no doubt that, quite a number ol' hLs sheep 
and Iambs have tape-worms, and that they pre¬ 
vail In all tho Hooks in tho country " moaning, 
doubtless, when such flocks contain poor, feeble, 
declining sheep. And ho says: Tho causes of 
tape worm in sheep, and the remedy, uro now the 
great questions." 
Remarks. — It will bo remembered by 
some of our readers that Mr. T. P. Whinner 
of Sago, Perry Co., Ohio, reported u number 
of eases of tape-worm occurring in his own 
and neighbors’ Hocks in tho fall of 1865. A 
description of these cases, and the views 
wc expressed Ihereon, will be found in the 
Rural New-Yorker, 1868, p. 14th. Mr. 
8 winner, like Mr. Remus, considered the 
symptoms those of “pale disease" and sup¬ 
posed thorn to be caused by “grubs in the 
head;" but also on examination found in 
some cases no grubs in the head, but in all 
cases worms in tho intestines. He found 
these parasites in ton of his own sheep, and 
cltecl various other perfectly well authenti¬ 
cated instances of their being found in sheep, 
suffering under the same decline, which be¬ 
longed to his neighbors. In all cases tlm 
habitat of these worms was in the small 
intestines, and the description of them given 
by Mr. 8k inner corresponds generally with 
the actual specimens forwarded to us by Mr. 
Bemds. These, inclosed in a bottle of whis¬ 
ky, reached us in excellent preservation. 
Unfortunately the anterior part of the worm, 
including tho head, is wanting, so that the 
species cannot be identified with certainty. 
But if it belongs to any described variety of 
tape-worm found in the human subject, it 
must be, as we stated on the former occa¬ 
sion, the “ broad tope-worm 1 *— tania lata, or 
bothriocophalm lotus. 
The larger specimen sent to us by Mr. 
Bemud —“ three or four yards” of a worm 
“ about ten yards long ”— is as flat and 
about as thick as a piece of thick tape. It is 
of a uniform white color, usually about, three- 
eighths of an inch wide, and consists of dis¬ 
tinctly visible articulations or joints extend¬ 
ing across the body, varying from leas than 
the. sixteenth to nearly an eighth of an inch 
iri length. The longer and shorter Joints do 
not occur indiscriminately, but each kind 
are grouped by themselves—gradually, how¬ 
ever, assimilating in length where they join 
the other kind. Most of the portion of the 
worm sent us consists of the short joints, the 
longer ones occurring but in two places, 
each a very few inches in extent. Where 
the long joints occur, the body of tho worm 
is narrower. What part of the body is em¬ 
braced in the specimen we are not informed; 
and, as already said, the head and anterior 
portion are wanting. The tail we should 
not expect to find, because the joints com¬ 
posing it arc habitually exfoliated, or shed 
off, so that an entire tape-worm is seldom or 
never discovered. 
On slitting open the portions of intestine 
forwarded to us, they were found to contain, 
at very short intervals, portions of tape¬ 
worms, evidently of the same variety, con¬ 
sisting ot' two or three joints, and from that 
to a sufficient number of them to extend 
several inches. That they wore from dif¬ 
ferent worms was apparent from their differ¬ 
ent breadths, Many of them were so rolled 
that they had the appearance of being entire 
round worms, until they were carefully 
spread out. The smaller fragments in some 
instances bore, on superficial inspection, a 
sufficient resemblance to “pus" to be mis¬ 
taken for it when voided in the dung, but 
no pus was found in the intestines. Every 
particle of substance in them was careftilly 
examined. There was a noticeable absence 
of fecal matter—no trace of it being discover¬ 
able. Mr. Bemus makes no mention of re¬ 
moving any of it artificially. 
In relation to the nature and habits of the 
tape-worm—their effects on the animal sys¬ 
tem, and the remedies for them — we have 
consulted well known medical authors and 
authorities, such as Good, McIntosh, En- 
erle, Wood, Dalton, Flint, etc. Several 
of these writers mention their existence in 
brutes. Dalton, for example, says they are 
found in the intestines of “ the dog, cat, fox, 
and other of the lower animals.” (Treatise 
on Human Physiology,p. 520.) Flint men¬ 
tions conditions in which they are common 
iit brute animals, " especially In swine ami 
sheep.” (Practice of Medicine, p. 483.) He 
also says they “ are almost invariably found 
in tho intestines of dogs destroyed for ex¬ 
perimental purposes, apparently in perfect 
health,” (lb. p. 483.) 
Gridin .—Ebekle appears to lean towards 
the theory of a spontaneous generation of 
intestinal worms, and cites authorities to 
show that Kerkinuius, BnENDELand Heim 
discovered them in the bowels of new-born 
foetuses, and that Bi.umkn a veu found them 
in t he intestines of a recently born pup. But 
this is not the more generally received opin¬ 
ion among eminent physiologists. 
Gaum that Furor their Production. — Nu¬ 
merous causes are supposed to favor their 
generation and increase in the human sub¬ 
ject, which cannot apply to brutes. Stag¬ 
nant water, unwholesome food, and peculiar 
atmospheric conditions, may be supposed to 
be predisposing causes of their production 
in the latter. 
ThHr Structure ami Physiology ,—Not much 
needs to be added hi respect to the structure 
of tape-worms except the head, which affords 
the readiest mode, of distinguishing between 
tho species which have been identified. 
Wood thus describes bothriocephalus :— 
“The head is small, elongated, without, 
spines, and divided into two lobes by a longi¬ 
tudinal fossa* on each sido, . . . and by 
having, instead of tho four months of the 
(<mia [solium,| a single minute pore in the 
Center, between the fossa), or else two pores, 
one at the extremity of each lobe. 4’tie fora¬ 
mina |openings| supposed to be the outlets 
for the escape of the ova [eggs,] are situated 
not on the opposite margins of the seg¬ 
ments | alternately as in the tosnia, but in a 
single row, each segment having one pore in 
its center. The arrangement of tho digestive 
tube is the same as In tho preceding species, 
and is in like manner a mere excavation in 
the parenchymatous % substance of the ani¬ 
mal, without a distinct coating." (Practice 
of Medicine, Vol. 1, p. 621.) “ Rennet,’’ 
says Flint, “quotes an estimate of the 
number of ova in the tape-worm of a cat to 
be 12,500,000." And he adds:—“It is fortu¬ 
nate that worms arc not developed from the 
ova. within the alimentary canal.” (Practice 
of Medicine, p. 482.) He believes the effects of 
these worms have been greatly exaggerated. 
(lb. p. 483.) But it Is conceded on all hands 
that they frequently produce disease and 
death. Flint thinks that although the head 
of the worm is found fastened to the intesti¬ 
nal walls, it is not, nourished by nutriment 
sucked from them, but, from the alimentary 
contents of tho intestine, winch enter its 
body by a process resembling absorption. 
This, we believe, is the generally received 
opinion, and that the parasite is specially 
nourished by the chyle. Hence it appropri¬ 
ates a portion of that nutrition which tho 
animal infested with it should derive from 
its food, and consequently it is easy to con¬ 
ceive that a number of them, and possibly 
even one, would produce, decline and emaci¬ 
ation, even independently of the Irritation 
which they or it would cause in the aliment¬ 
ary canal. 
It may not, it, must bo confessed, seem 
very important, for practical purposes, that 
we should determine with certainty the par¬ 
ticular species of tape-worm found in sheep 
in the case under consideration, or in any 
subsequent cases where they may bo found, 
provided the usually accepted view is correct 
that where t hey produce disease they arc all 
to receive the same medical treatment But 
who now can decide on the identity of tho 
species found In human beings and in sheep, 
or that the best treatment for one is the best 
treatment for tho other ? We have described 
Mhriocephalus , as much to enable our read¬ 
ers to determine that tho tape-worms they 
may discover in sheep are not, os that they 
are, that particular parasite. Lot us ascer¬ 
tain all the facts wc can, and neither bar up 
nor neglect any avenue of discovery, on any 
man’s dictum. 
We should be very much pleased to re¬ 
ceive from Mr. Bemus, or any other person, 
* Literally ft ditch. The RothrlooophnlUS tnkoa Its 
name from two Greek words signifying ditch and 
head. 
+ Meaning hero each joint or articulation of tho 
worm. 
♦ The spongy substance contained between the 
blood vessels of the viscera or entrails. 
the head and anterior pari of a sheep tape¬ 
worm, and more than one specimen, if at¬ 
tainable — especially if they diseloso any 
differences of structure. The latter fact can¬ 
not bo very confidently determined without 
the aid of the microscope. To search for 
them, it would be best to commence at the 
upper end of tho intestine, where it leaves 
the abornamm, or fourth stomach, and slit 
it downward with a small, sharp pon-knife 
blade, or pair of scissors—when the knife is 
used-turning its edge outward—and, in either 
case, being careful not to insert the instru¬ 
ment, deeply enough to cut a worm contained 
within. This can be done most convenient¬ 
ly and safely by two persons, one holding 
the upper portion and cutting, the other 
holding, say a yard below, koeping the in¬ 
testine straight and untwisted, as it. passes 
through his hands. The intestine should be 
handled very carefully, neither pressed, 
squeezed, nor roughly pulled about. On 
coming to tlm head of the worm attached to 
the intestine, the slitting should cease and 
tlm intestine be cut off a few inches above, 
and a yard or two below, tho head. Then 
place the piece of intestine containing the 
worm in a broad-mouthed bottle, fill with 
whisky, or alcohol diluted with ono-halt 
water, and cork tightly. This, put in a small 
box, and surrounded with closely packed 
cotton, chaff or the like, will go safely to any 
distance by express. If sent to us, let us he 
written at the same time by mail, giving a 
full history of tho case — of tho symptoms 
and circumstances of tho sheep from which 
the worm was taken. 
Symptoms. — Many of the symptoms ol' 
disease produced by tape-worms in the human 
patient cannot ho disclosed by a dumb or 
unintelligent, animal; some external ones 
would be likely to elude ordinary observa¬ 
tion ; but there arc a few which we should 
expect to he common to both, and which 
are common to both if tho observations 
made by Mr. Bkinnek ami Mr. Bemus are 
accurate. Each states that the sheep from 
which they took the worms exhibited the 
symptoms of “ pale disease.” (Wo would 
havo greatly preferred that they had accu¬ 
rately and minutely described the symptoms 
on which they founded that conclusion.) 
Eberle mentions among tho human 
symptoms which would he discoverable in a 
sheep — a pale, load-colored countenance; 
eyos dull; pupils dilated, with a bluish eemi- 
cirelo around the lo.vcr j-w-ipl ; tumid 
(swollen) upper lip; r ('ipious secretion of 
saliva ; tongue slimy or furred; breath foul; 
variable appetite — being sometimes vora¬ 
cious—at, others wholly gone; frequent slimy 
stools or costiveness; urine turbid, yellowish 
or milky; abdomen tumid and hard, with 
emaciation of other parts of the body; lassi¬ 
tude; irritability of temper. He adds; 
“None of these symptoms, however, are 
certain indications of the. existence of worms 
in the bowels—the only certain indication 
being the appearance of them in the evacua¬ 
tions from tho bowels or stomach.” (Prac. 
of Med., vol. 2, p. 841.) Wood, having men¬ 
tioned similar symptoms of tape-worm, says: 
“ The most certain sign is the discharge ol 
joints of the worm, which arc either passed 
alone or with the stools." (Prao. of Mod., 
vol. 1, p. 021).) Flint states:—“ Fragments 
of the worm aro generally passed either 
daily or at short intervals, and hence it is 
usually not loug before its existence is ascer¬ 
tained.” (Prac. of Med., p. 483.) 
“ Palo disease," a comparatively recent, or 
recently Identified malady among sheep, in 
the United States, received the above desig¬ 
nation, popularly, at. our suggestion, (see 
Rural New-Yorker, 1866, p. 214,) from 
its supposed identity with a disease so called 
by the German shepherds, which prevails 
extensively and fatally in Germany. It is 
alluded to as “the distemper,” at, p. 324 
of the Practical Shepherd. In the Rural 
New-Yorker, I860, p. 134, we spoke of it 
under another name as follows: 
"We liavo again nwl again alludnil to thin winter 
decline In snoop. It I? » gradual wanting away, and 
oftentimes hanlly assumes tho npppurunco of a k pa¬ 
cific disease until towards its lust singes. It. Is I inbio to 
attack sheep or any ago If they outer the winter pour, 
and If the winter prove* on unfavorable one. lJul 
teirs and old ertmo* (old feeble sheep) nri most nnh- 
>1 ram togs are mew- subject to It than 
owe teg*, we have known It to fall with doftolatlng 
severity on yearlings, particularly yearling ranis and 
wethers. Mr. 8. fa correspondent,] Ji-soribea the 
symptoms as they frequently appear down to a <vr- 
talu st-a(to. (Mr. S. said, 1 the symptoms aro simply a 
decline, falling away. growing weaker, u languid look 
nf thecyesnd 1 think enlarg'-un-nt ol tho pupil. The 
? yol|d l» white and looks hi fa idle is. and the pulse Is 
entile. Tie eats well enough, drinks heartily and is 
not cobUvu.’ ”J 
Since the above was written, we have 
ascertained that the disease often attacks 
fleshy and even pampered tegs (i. &, lambs 
between weaning and shearing.) Tn men¬ 
tioning it a year later, (Rural New-Yorker, 
1806, p. 214,) we said:—“ It is characterized 
by an extreme pallor about the nose and 
eyes—waxiness about and running from the 
eyes—gradual but steady loss of condition 
and strength—and finally by extreme de¬ 
bility and death. This is perhaps the most 
fatal malady of our climate." 
B. P. Boa udman, in his “ Treatise on Sheep 
Husbandry in Missouri,” speaks of it as not 
one of the diseases which he can treat “ with 
any satisfaction.” He says: 
One year ago this winter [L e„ tn 1SH7 ]1 lost quite 
a number of luinbmvlth a disease which Is either new 
In the country, or which ha* only lately begun to bo 
noticed and described, and which has received tho 
nnmo of ' pales’or' wldto skin ' In dMerent sections.' 
U appeared to o a torn! through the northern wool, 
growing States pretty generally, and attacked most ly 
Uunbs during the winter and spring following their 
weaning It was also preoedtid by u wotunomior, up- 
oasloninK a flush toed of grass. lam Inclined to be- 
Hevu such one of the principal causes .,r if ; for, tins 
winter, l soo nothing of It among my lambs In 
some of Its post-mortem appearances tho disease 
in question ninoh reserut'lrv Youarr.’s description or 
liver rot: parUoillurly In til© dlsoruanUed stale or 
their livers. Ou opening lambs having died of it, l 
found that at a touch of tho linger the liver would 
cru mble Tlm pro-mortom appearances are a general 
dwindling, from no apparent cause, Imt the most no- 
tlceablo thing Is the very whiteness of their skins. 
I lie skins of sheep sick front any niniso lose tbetr 
healthy red, but usually have more of a yellowish 
east than those sireetea with this disease, whatever 
It may bo." (p. 
The above descriptions of “ pale disease," 
in our ease, were written from memory—and 
we presume the same is true of Mr. Board- 
man’s. They therefore contain but few 
specific details—ami these embrace only the 
most superficially observable and persistent 
symptoms. Symptoms should be noted down 
on fht; spot, with the patient before the eye; 
anil he who, after the lapse of even a few 
days, attempts to state them fully from recol¬ 
lection, is, litour judgment, a very presump¬ 
tuous and very unreliable witness. 
It seems very clear that the similarity thus 
far established between the symptoms of 
“pale disease” and the effect of intestinal 
worms, is not sufficient, to establish tho 
identify of those maladies. The pallor, 
emaciation, etc., which characterize the first 
would attend various othor diseases; and it 
the described identity was much more com¬ 
plete, we have cited indisputable authority 
to show that the presence of all the given 
symptoms of worm disease do not provo its 
presence, unless accompanied by an actual 
expulsion of worms or parts of worms. Mr. 
Boardman found conditions of the liver 
which indicate a different disease. lie also 
mentions it. as a winter and spring malady—a 
fact which, according to our recollection, 
uniformly coincides with our own observa¬ 
tions of “pale disease ” —while tho only 
cases wo know of where the presence of 
tape-worms has received ocular demonstra¬ 
tion, occurred in tho summer or lull. 
There are other considerations tending in 
the some direction, which havo been alluded 
to by us on a former occasion. If the fact 
hitherto assumed is true, that “ pale disease” 
is the same in this country and Germany, 
and if it is produced by intestinal worms, it 
would be very remarkable that the latter 
fact has escaped the observation of the soi- 
entific veterinarians, to say nothing of tho 
very skillful shepherds of that country. Such 
a national pest has doubtless led to thousands 
of post-mortem examinations to discover its 
cause. Ami is it probable that so decisive a 
symptom as voiding portions of worms in 
tins thing—which it, would scent always at¬ 
tends some, it not all, stages of tape-worm 
disease — would escape the attention of 
trained professional veterinarians and shop- 
herds? Intestinal worms in sheep would 
appeal to be rare in Europe. Thut indefati¬ 
gable collector of veterinary facts, Mr. 
Youatt, does not mention thorn. Mr. 
BroONi it mentions them, we think, only in 
the instance of a single English flock. In 
that case the tape-worms were accompanied 
by round worms, {asoaris lu mbricoides,) and 
thd only ante-mortem symptom mentioned 
is “ violent diarrahna." Tho tape-worm has 
always been regarded as a very rare parasite 
in man and beast. These facta do not, it is 
true, prove that they aro rare in llio sheep of 
tho United (States; hut our ovinn diseases 
are much fewer than those of Europe, our 
sheep lands are esteemed healthier, and it 
would be remarkable that a parasite so un¬ 
common there should prove such a whole¬ 
sale destroyer among us. Still, as already 
said, let every (lock master investigate the 
facts for himself, irrespective of anybody’s 
opinions. But Jet him not bend his facts to 
any preconceived theories, and lot him write 
down, exactly what lie sees. II' he, discovers 
any intestinal parasites, let him carefully and 
scrupulously describe them when then are ac¬ 
tually before his eyes— giving their length, di¬ 
ameter, &c. t when practicable, by actual 
admeasurement —stating their form, color, 
and all other visible characteristics — men¬ 
tioning their locality in the intestines, their 
apparent effects, if any, on the interior of 
those intestines, and describing ns clearly as 
possible all the general ante-mortem symp¬ 
toms in each individual case. He who can¬ 
not do all this well, will find it best to employ 
an educated physician to do it for him. 
Treatment .—A multitude of remedies have 
boon found efficacious in destroying intestinal 
worms in the human patient. Fortunately 
two of these, concedcdly among the host now 
known, are within the reach of all; require 
no skilllul preparation ; and can be adminis¬ 
tered without difficulty or danger. These 
are oil of turpentine and pumpkin seeds. Of 
the former Flint prescribes, lor the human 
patient, half an ounce administered every 
half hour until two or three ounces are taken, 
or the whole amount to he taken at once; 
this to he repeated, if necessary, after inter¬ 
vals of several days. In such quantities it 
usually acts as a purgative, it is stated by 
other authorities that turpentine is frequent¬ 
ly successful, when given in more moderate 
* It la also designated “paper skin" in eomo por- 
tlona of tho West. 
doses for several successive days. Flint 
thus describes Hie preparation of a dose of 
pumpkin seeds;—“ The emulsion is prepared 
by pounding a couple of ounces of the setils 
in a mortar with half a pint of water, and 
straining through cloth. This quantity will 
constitute a dose, which may he repeated Cor 
several days.” (Prac. of Med. p. 484.) The 
proper dose for a man and for a full grown 
Merino sheep, we Judge to he about ( lie same. 
We like better the following formula, sent, 
to us by Mr. T. P. Skinner, with his origi¬ 
nal communication in respect to tape-worms, 
in 1867. lie obtained it (Vom his brother, 
Dr. Skinner. He says: 
"Thit remedy la pumpkin seed*, steeped In warm 
water (not boiling hot.) Either take theuiitshi,, hull 
ot! or grind tho need; pour a hall gallon ol' warm 
water over a jilnt of need ; let It steep two of litre*) 
lii.tim, mid give each slump affected nliutii twogllN 
oueo or twice u. dap. tor ‘■ay Ihrue daw'' Ami ho 
add*: —“If It doe* not on re ihu disease It Is l.. 
(lie -hoop la rod need no low (hat It cannot rally at all. 
After near one-hair of my U-g-i huddl'd la ihu I ill 
of lnit. 1 , 1 used this remedy, ami ihu result tv n 
that not one died limit'treated, unit"-* redueud lu a 
very low statu. Lint year 1 prevented I ho disease by 
‘Imply fnedltlK the scud* to the sheep, ami tills tall 
t ho disease lias not appeared in my Monk." 
While absolutely conclusive proof (alone 
furnished by the expulsion of fragments of 
worms) is wanting that the sheep which re¬ 
covered wore infested by tape-worms, we are 
strongly inclined to t hink that such was the 
case, and that the dung was not examined 
for traces of the parasites. The sheep were 
in the sumo Hock with those which died 
ot worms; wc arc left to infer they ex¬ 
hibited tho same symptoms; the tape¬ 
worm disease was then prevalent, if not. 
epizootic, in the region ; unit Mr. 8., who 
wrote like a man Of intelligence and obser¬ 
vation, regarded tho malady in all the sheep 
as tho same. At all events, the sheep re¬ 
covered from a wasting decline, by I ho ap¬ 
parent, instrumentality of a decoction of 
pumpkin seed, and wo advise a trial of it in 
all cases of “ pale disease” or other appar¬ 
ently analogous diseases, whother the pres¬ 
ence of worms is suspected or not. It is at, 
least a harmless remedy. 
arsnmm; 
TO CURE WARTS ON HORSES. 
Two years ago I bought a large Clyde 
colt which had a wart, as large as a man’s 
fist ou tho hind log, just, below tho stillu 
Joint. Tho following remedy 1 procured 
from an English horse farrier, which not, 
only removed the wart, hut left the surface 
smooth, and it haired over. 
I purchased a two ounce vial of butter of 
antimony, and applied it with a feather lied 
On to the end of a loug stick three times a 
day, until satisfied that the roots of the wart 
were dead, (this can lie determined by dis¬ 
continuing the application for a week, if the 
wart starts to grow apply more.) After I had 
thoroughly burned it out in this way, I ap¬ 
plied tho following to heal it, over;--One 
pint, ruin, one-half pint soft water, one 
ounce aloes, one-fourth ounce myrrh; pul¬ 
verize the aloes, mix and wash. 1 applied 
this wash three times a day, and it healed 
over smooth ami nice. Now I have given 
gratis a remedy which if procured of the 
horse farrier would have cost you a five 
dollar bill. Henry it. Tryon. 
Orangoport, N. Y„ lfjflo. 
—--♦♦♦--,— 
GLANDERS IN ENGLAND. 
The Veterinarian for July says:— 41 There 
are some reasons to fear that glanders is 
again becoming very rife among the horses 
in the country, and in our largo towns in 
particular. Several cases have recently come 
under our observation, and according to re¬ 
port some of the chief mercantile establish¬ 
ment* in the metropolis arc sustaining heavy 
losses from this disease. The knackers’ yards 
are beginning to toll the same tale, with an 
irresistible truth, which they told some two 
or three months since. Too often tho spread 
of this malignant disease, as well as its seri¬ 
ous outbreak iu an acute form among the 
horses of large firms, are found to depend 
ou keeping an animal in the stables which is 
supposed to be merely the subject, of chronic 
nasal gleet,—often to an extent which iu no 
way interferes with his usefulness.” 
--- 
To Cure Ringbone.— E., Vcnico Center, N. Y., 
tolls one of our correspondents who has asked 
fora, remedy to "take two pints of aol't soup, 
one purl ol' NolenitUH, mix and apply directly - 
oneo a day for three days, than omit Ihroo days, 
and apply again uLtqrmitely until cured." 
K. L., Belvhlcro. Ill., sends the ttirKAL the fol¬ 
lowing : One-half ounce white pm© turpentine. 
one-half ounce Venice turpentine. Mott I lie' 
tni pentine togoffior and add ono-fourth ounce 
corrosive tuihliumto. When cold, take a qnanII- 
t,v of Hie medieino In the hand, and roll t© the 
size of a lead pencil. Shear the hair oil’ from the 
upper part ol the ringbone, and Apply tho roll 
with bandages. Leave it (hero twenty-four to 
forty-eight hours; (careshould he taken that It 
does not work down too low, an it might Injure 
the hoof,) then take It oil' and dress with Castihi 
soup and fresh lard. This will cure tho lameness, 
but will probably leave it scar. 
-♦-*>-- - 
Splint on Hom-s’ Leg«.-E. L., Belridero, II]. 
asks:—“Will some of your correspondents tel) 
me bow to take off splints from a horse’s fore 
legs?" We havo more ban oncebeen told by 
vet,eiinaiians that a splint cannot be removed. 
