MEDICINES. 585 
RowderediAnisced = 9) 2 4 6 « « « o 4 tole ounce. 
Oil of Caraway Seeds . . . . #drachm. 
Syrup enough to form a ball, to be dissolved in half a pint of warm ale, and 
given as a drench. 
10. ANODYNE DRENCH IN SUPERPURGATION, OR ORDIN ARY DHANE EE 
CGumPArabicas m-mec amie sis) oe aes e2kOuUnCces: 
Isobe Wo 5G 6 6 6 0 6 0 Go og Abpea, 
Dissolve, and then add— 
OilfofsReppermintie cme se 6 «20 rope: 
LEG 6 5 56 6 6 56 6 5b 6 oo 6 Oo Python dl phim, 
Mix and give night and morning, if necessary. 
11. In Curontc Diarro@a— 
Powdered Chaik and Gum ee ofeach . . 1 ounce. 
Laudanum. . ob 5 oO - » 4 ounce. 
_Peppermint Water co 6 6 6 © 0 6 0 o al omit 
Mix, and give night and morning. 
ANTACIDS. 
AS THE TERM IMPLIES, these remedies are used to neutralize acids, 
whether taken into the stomach to an improper extent, or formed therein 
as products of diseases. They are often classed as alteratives, when used 
for the latter purpose. They include the alkalies and alkaline earths, but 
are not much used in veterinary medicine. 
ANTHELMINTICS. 
Drues which are used to destroy worms receive this name in medical 
literature, when the author is wedded to the Greek language. The ad- 
mirers of Latin call them vermifuges, and in English they receive the 
humble name of worm medicines. Their action is partly by producing a 
disagreeable or fatal impression on the worm itself, and partly by irritating 
the mucous lining of the bowels, and thus causing them to expel their 
contents. Failing the remedy recommended at page 511, the following 
may be useful :— 
12. Worm Batu (recommended by Mr. cone ie 
Isafoetidaers oe eo %el 6s < 2s 9 « « « ZA drachms: 
Obl Gg 5 6 6 a o 6 oo 6 6 a 6 og Wheres, 
Pewgiigalistyan 65 G6 6 6 6 6 ao o o o 6 Jehtle yin, 
Oil of Male Fern . . c 6 ol) ‘drops. 
Treacis enough to make a ball, which should be given at night, and 
followed by a purge next morning. 
13. Mitp DrencH ror Worms— 
Ibingagcl@ile co 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 o o JL spite 
Spirit of Turpentine . ...... . . 2drachms. 
Mix and give every morning. 
ANTISPASMODICS are medicines which are intended to counteract ex- 
cessive muscular action, called spasm, or, in the limbs, cramp. This 
deranged condition depends upon a variety of causes, which are gene- 
rally of an irritating nature; and its successful treatment will often 
depend upon the employment of remedies calculated to remove the cause, 
rather than directly to relieve the effect. It therefore follows that, in 
many cases, the medicines most successful in removing spasm will be 
derived from widely separated divisions of the materia medica, such 
as aperients, anodynes, alteratives, stimulants, and tonics. It is useless 
to attempt to give many formulas for their exhibition ; but there are one 
or two medicines which exercise a peculiar control over spasm, and I 
shall give them without attempting to analyse their mode of operation. 
