VETERINARY MEDICINES 



THEIR ACTIONS AND USES 



INTRODUCTION 



VETERINARY MATERIA MEDICA, in the extended sense of 

 the term, treats of every agent which is used for the relief 

 or cure of disease or injury, or for the preservation of 

 health, among the domesticated animals. The full con- 

 sideration of a subject so large and diversified would, 

 however, fill several volumes, and the present work has 

 been restricted to the description of drugs, their characters 

 and properties, their pharmaceutical preparations, and 

 their actions and uses among veterinary patients. Medi- 

 cines or drugs, although derived from the mineral, vege- 

 table, and animal kingdoms, possess many actions in 

 common, and are prepared for use by similar chemical 

 and pharmaceutical processes. In this work the first 

 section is devoted to general observations on Pharmacology, 

 which treats of the actions of drugs, and Therapeutics, or 

 the application of remedies to the cure of disease. A 

 description of the medicines, arranged according to their 

 source, occupies the body of the volume, which is com- 

 pleted by a section on Pharmacy, the administration of 

 medicines, and an index of diseases and remedies. 



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