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ommends this remedy for animals up to 600 pounds 

 weight ; over that, double the dose : 



Physostigmin salicylate 1 grain 



Pilocarpin hydroclorid 2 grains 



Strychnin sulphate % grain 



These can be found in any drug store. For either 

 dose mix with 8 ounces water. Use the ordinary metal 

 hypodermic syringe. 



Lupines. Symptoms : Great frenzy and mental ex- 

 citement. Animals, especially sheep, will run about but- 

 ting into anything they touch, as well as one another. 

 This is followed by spasms and falling-fits, similar to 

 those seen in strychnine poisoning. Death comes very 

 soon often within an hour. One of the principal symp- 

 toms is the increased amount and bloody appearance of 

 the discharge from the kidneys. 



The only known remedy -that can be called at all use- 

 ful is the permanganate of potash drench. 



Camas. The symptoms of camas-poisoning are sim- 

 ilar to those noticed in cases of strychnine-poisoning. 

 There is no wild frenzy of the afflicted animals but 

 they are very restless and uneasy, with rapid breath- 

 ing, slobbering and frothing with greatly increased 

 amounts of saliva in their mouths. Regurgitation is 

 frequent through the mouth and nostrils. 



In the majority of cases death follows very quickly, 

 and remedial measures must be taken as soon as the 

 symptoms appear, if the animals are to be saved. So far 

 as is known the only remedy is in the use of the perman- 

 ganate of potash drench. 



Water Hemlock. Animals poisoned by this plant are 

 subject to most severe pain. There is great cerebral 

 frenzy with hard, irregular breathing, and violent mus- 



