504 MODERN FARRIER. 



23. Poisons. 



In cases of poison, remedies must be administered 

 with speed, in order to be efficacious. When sus- 

 pected to be injured by arsenic, or mercurial poison, 

 the following emetic should be given, notwithstand- 

 ing the stomach be already agitated with vomiting : 



Ipecacuanha, _ _ _ 2 scruples. 

 Liver of sulphur, _ - 2 scruples. 



.To be increased or diminished according to cir- 

 cumstances. If the vomiting has been very long 

 and violent, give only the liver of sulphur, dissolved 

 in boiled milk, and repeat it every hour or two ; 

 give some also as a clyster in milk. When the sto- 

 mach seems a little appeased, give laudanum and 

 castor oil. 



When injured by licking paint, give active pur- 

 gations of calomel, in doses from four to eight grains, 

 with a moderate proportion of aloes, and repeat it 

 every six or eight hours till successful. Then admi- 

 nister mild doses of castor oil, and feed very lightly. 



Any thing that will cause instantaneous vomiting 

 may have the desired effect in every case. Great 

 benefit has been derived from two or three grains of 

 vitriol, or common salt, forced down the throat. 

 After vomiting, a table-spoonful of oil of English 

 pitch may be given in the morning fasting, as an 

 aperient. 



24. Diseases of the Eye. 



When the ej^es of dogs are affected in conse- 

 quence of the distemper, they will get well when 

 the primary complaint is removed. A seton in the 

 neck, with goulard or vitriolic washes, will accele- 

 rate the cure. 



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