384 MEDICAL TERMS MEDICINES. 



Diuretic. A medicine which increases the discharge of 

 urine. 



Emetic. A substance capable of producing vomiting or 

 puking. 



Emollient. A substance which allays irritation and softens 

 and relaxes parts that are inflamed, and swollen hard. 



Febrifuge. A medicine which abates or drives away 

 fever. 



Febrile. Feverish. 



Laxative. A medicine which loosens or opens the 

 bowels. 



Lubricant. A substance which makes the body to which 

 it is applied soft and slippery. 



Narcotic. A medicine which, by acting on the brain, 

 relieves pain, allays morbid susceptibility, and produces sleep. 

 In too large doses narcotics produce stupor and death. 



Purgative. A medicine which operates more powerfully 

 in opening the bowels than a laxative. 



Rubefacient. An application which produces redness or 

 irritation of the skin. 



Sedative. A medicine employed to depress unnaturally 

 increased action of the vital forces, and thus quiet the system. 



Stimulant. A medicine which has the power of exciting 

 the action of the organs and the discharge of the functions of 

 the animal system. 



Stomachic. A medicine which strengthens the stomach 

 and gives more activity to its functions. 



Sudorific. A medicine that causes sweating. 



Tonic. A medicine that gives increased strength and 

 vigor to the action of the system. 



LIST OF MEDICINES. 



ALCOHOL, (Spirit of Wine). Added in small quantities as 

 a stimulant to purgatives, in low forms of disease. 



ALE. Administered to sinking ewes before and after 

 parturition, usually in doses of about a gill ; after long and 

 exhausting parturition, it is mixed Avith two to four drachms 

 of laudanum ; the dose repeated at intervals of three or four 

 hours. Ale is sometimes given to chilled lambs. 



ALOES. Occasionally used as a purgative ; administered 

 by some good shepherds in combination with oil for colic or 

 stretches. But there are better cathartics for sheep. The 



