CHAPTER XXX. 



MEDICINES USED IN THE TEEATMENT OP THE DIS- 

 EASES OP SHEEP. 



THE list of medicines below, comprises the principal ones 

 employed in the treatment of the diseases of sheep. 



EXPLANATION OF MEDICAL TERMS USED IN THIS CHAPTER. 



Absorbent. A medicine used for absorbing acidity in the 

 stomach and bowels. 



Anodyne. A medicine which relieves pain. 



Antacid. A remedy which removes sourness in the 

 stomach. 



Anthelmintic. A remedy which destroys or expels 

 worms. 



Antiseptic. A preventive of putrefaction. 



Antispasmodic. A preventive of spasms. 



Aperient. A medicine which opens the bowels. 



Astringent. A medicine externally that has the property 

 of contracting organic textures, and internally of diminishing 

 evacuation or dunging. 



Carminative. A remedy which allays pain and causes 

 the expulsion of flatus, or wind, from the body. 



Cathartic. A medicine which causes an increase of 

 evacuation or dunging. 



Caustic. A body which has the power of burning or 

 consuming flesh and other animal substances. 



Cordial. A tonic medicine which excites the system and 

 increases the rapidity of the circulation of the blood. 



Diaphoretic. A medicine which promotes perspiration 

 or SAveating, and a carrying off of the humors of the body 

 through the pores of the skin. 



Disinfectant. An agent which removes the causes of 

 infection. 



