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years, should have their wholesome stimulus, I cut off the hairs 
from another horse charged with the Bot’s eggs, and gave him 
about three dozen of them. lie afterwards grew fatter, and in 
better condition than I had ever known him, whether from their 
effects or not I do not undertake to determine, but think it not 
improbable they contributed to it. 
In Nasal Farcy Gleets of Horses, I have followed this sugges¬ 
tion of stimulating the stomach by Cantharides in small doses, 
and by the Sulphat of Zinc, with great success, curing several 
that were considered glandered. 
The domestic animals in a particular manner appear to be the 
objects of this species of natural stimuli or veliicatories, which 
as they are also frequently forced by man into unnatural exer¬ 
tions and unhealthy situations to suit his views and convenience, 
so therefore they may stand more in need of this sort of protec¬ 
tion. Their impressions may be hardly cognizable to the senses, 
and produce nevertheless powerful effects upon the stomach, and 
thence to the system at large, as we see in the case of spices 
given with food, and fomentations, mild blisters and sinapisms to 
the skin. 
How dirty in warm climates would men become, if it was not 
for the fear of the increase of vermin, that they can stimulate to 
industry therefore is certain, and so to health. Animals would 
become inactive in warm weather, perhaps fatally so, if it was 
not for the stimulus of flies and other insects, which by teazing 
prevent it. 
Those who consider the Bots as a plague would no doubt be 
desirous of being informed how they should best destroy them. 
One great utility in the study of natural history is, that it affords 
us a knowledge of the habits of these animals, and by these we 
are taught the most effectual measures for this purpose. It is 
indeed truly difficult to detach them from the stomach by any 
medicines or poisons administered internally, though there are not 
