584 THE HORSE. 
5 Fop GENERALLY DEFECTIVE SECRETIONS— 
Flowers of Sulphur. . . . . =. = =. « « 6 ounces, 
. Ie! 4 6 6 6 o o 8 6 6 0 o Hw~AG Ghai, 
Corrosive Sublimate. . . . 10 grs. 
Linseed meal mixed with hot water, enough to ‘form | six “balls, one of which 
may be given two or three times a week. 
6. In DEBILITY oF STOMACH— 
@alomeleme 6: «Gx “ea Rae serUples 
Aloes . oo) Woe) wept one eee eludrachms 
Cascarilla Bark, 
Gentian Root, of each in powder . . . . 1drachm. 
Ginger, 
Castile Soap. . 3 drachms, 
Syrup enough to make a ball, which may be given twice a week, or 
every other night. 
ANAESTHETICS. 
ANESTHETICS (4, not, privative ; aicOyors, sensation) produce insensi- 
bility to all external impressions, and therefore to pain. They resemble 
narcotics in their action, and, when taken into the stomach, may ba con- 
sidered purely as such. The most certain and safe way of administering 
them is by inhalation, and chloroform is the drug now universally em- 
ployed. The modus operandi of the various kinds has never yet been 
satisfactorily explained ; and when the comparison is made, as it often is, 
to the action of intoxicating fluids, we are no nearer to it than before. 
With alcoholic fluids, however, the disorder of the mental functions is 
greater in proportion to the insensibility to pain ; and if they are taken 
in sufficient quantities to produce the latter effect, they are dangerous to 
life itself. The action of anesthetics on the horse is very similar to that 
on man. 
ANODYNES, 
SOMETIMES CALLED NaRCOTICS, when taken into the stomach, pass at once 
into the blood, and there act in a special manner on the nervous centres. 
At first they exalt the nervous force; but they soon depress it, the second 
stage coming on the sooner according to the increase of the dose. They 
are given either to soothe the general nervous system, or to stop diarrhoea ; 
or sometimes to relieve spasm, as in colic or tetanus. Opium is the chief 
anodyne used in veterinary medicine, and it may be employed in very 
large doses :— 
7, ANODYNE DRENCH FOR CoLIc— 
Ibpietseel Oba see Sys Go oho 6 a) G Wl joa 
Oilfof Turpentine’ = ==. 5. «2 to 2pounces: 
Laudanum. . ee ee tol Ziouncess 
Mix, and give every hour till relief is afforded. 
8. ANODYNE Batt For Cotte (only useful in mild panes 
Powdered Opium. . . ; - « . 3 to 2 drachms. 
Crea SOl Gg 6 6 oo 6 6 6 4 60 o Arhexcarean, 
Cryo 4 6 56 6 46 6 6 0 6 6 6 6 6) Ahonen, 
Ginger . . at 13 drachm. 
Make into a ball with Liquorice ‘powder and Treacle, and give every hour 
while the pain lasts. It should be kept in a bottle or bladder. 
9, AnopyNE Batu (ordinary)— 
Grote ¢ G 6 6 6 0 6 6 6 4 0 e Jt to 1 drachm. 
Castile Soap - 9. 2 6 6 2 “lhe 6 ss 6 ee toreadrachniss 
Ginger) «9s. 6 6s ay @ 2) eG) Seu eee itozidrachmss 
