FEVER MEDICINES. 301 



Common cough bolus : 



46.— Ipecacuanha in powder, i to li grain. 

 Powdered rhubarb, 1 to 2 grains. 

 Purified opium, i to U grain. 

 Compound squill pill, 1 to 2 grains. 

 Mix, and give night and morning. 



Expectorant draught, useful in recent cough : 

 47. — Ipecacuanha wine, 5 to 10 drops. 

 Common mucilage, 2 drachms. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, 20 to 30 drops. 

 Paregoric, 1 drachm. 

 Camphor mixture, ^ ounce. 

 Mix, and give two or thiee times a day. 



Expectorant draught for chronic cough : 



48. — Compound tincture of benzoin, 8 to 12 drops. 

 Syrup of poppies, 1 drachm. 

 Diluted sulphuric acid, 3 to 8 drops. 

 Mucilage, 2 drachms. 

 Paregoric, 1 drachm. 

 Camphor mixture, i ounce. 

 Mix, and give twice a day. 



FEVER MEDICINES. 



Fever medicines reduce fever by increasing the secretions of 

 urine and perspiration, and by reducing the action of the heart to 

 some extent. 



Common fever powder : 



49. — Nitre in powder, 3 to 5 grains. 

 Tartar emetic, x grain. 

 Mix, and put dry on the dog's tongue every night and morning. 



More active pov^der : 



50.— Calomel, i to li grain. 

 Nitre, 3 to 5 grains. 

 Digitalis, i to 1 grain. 



Mix, and give once or twice a day, in the same way ; or made Into 

 a pill with confection. 



