A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates.

  • White, James, -1825
Date:
1832
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Credit: A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [67] is capable of detaching or destroying these worms, though I have often tried the strongest mercurial preparations, and many powerful medicines. I have used the yellow emetic mercury, or the vitriolated quicksilver, as recommended by the writer just quoted, as well as every other mercurial preparation, but never saw a single hot expelled by them. (See Bots and Worms, Appendix.) The next worm we have to describe is very slender, of a black- ish color, and seldom exceeds two inches in length. It is nev- er found in the stomach, and very rarely in the small intestines, the largest part of the canal being generally the place of its res- idence. Here it proves a constant source of irritation, occa- sioning loss of condition, a rough, unhealthy looking coat, and frequently a troublesome cough. A variety of alterative medi- cines have been proposed for the destruction of worms of this kind, and some of them are supposed to be infallible: I believe, however, that none of them are possessed of much efficacy, and we ought not therefore to depend upon them. The following are the alteratives to which I allude:—savin, rue, box, (sthiops mineral, antimony, sulphur, emetic tartar, calomel, and itriolated quicksilver; the last two, if given with aloes, so as to purge briskly, and particularly the calomel, are excellent remedies; but given merely as alteratives they do no good. I have generally found the following ball very effectual, giv- ing the preceding night from half a dram to a dram of calomel. I have often mixed the calomel with the ball,and found it equal- ly efficacious: the former method, however, is generally pre- ferred. THE BALL. Barbadoes aloes, 6 dr. Powdered ginger, - - - - - l» dr. Oil of wormwood, - - - - - - 20 drops. Prepared natron, 2 dr. Sirup enough to form a ball for one dose. It is often necessary to repeat this medicine, but there should always be an interval often days between each dose. The third kind of worm is of a whitish color, frequently sev- en or eight inches in length, and generally found in the lower pact of the small intestines. Worms of this kind are not so common as the others, but appear to consume a considerable quantity of chyle, or the nutritious parts of the food. They may tw got rid of by the same means that we have recommen- ded foi- the small blackish worm.