APERIENTS ANODYNES. 449 



5. FOR GENERALLY DEFECTIVE SECRETIONS 



Elowers of Sulphur . . . . 6 ounces. 



Emetic Tartar 5 to 8 drachms. 



Corrosive Sublimate . . . .10 grains. 



Linseed meal mixed with hot water, enough to form 6 balls, one of 

 which may be given two or three times a week. 



6. IN DEBILITY OF STOMACH 



Calomel . . . v . .1 scruple. 

 Aloes . . . .1.1 drachm. 

 Cascarilla Bark, ^ 



Gentian Boot, > of each in powder . 1 drachm. 

 Ginger, j 



Castile Soap 3 drachms. 



Syrup enough to make a ball, which may be given twice a week, or 

 every other night. . 



ANODYNES, 



SOMETIMES CALLED NARCOTICS, when taken into the stomach, 

 pass at once into the blood, and there act in a special hianner on 

 the nervous centres. At first they exalt the nervous force ; but 

 they soon depress it, the second stage coming on the sooner accord- 

 ing to the increase- of the dose. They are given either to soothe 

 the general nervous system, or to stop diarrhoea j or sometimes to 

 relieve spasm, as in colic or tetanus. Opium is the chief anodyne 

 used in veterinary medicine, and it may be employed in very large 



1. ANODYNE DRENCH FOR COLIC 



Linseed Oil ..... 1 pint. 

 Oil of Turpentine . . . . 1 to 2 ounces. 

 Laudanum . . . . . 1 to 2 ounces. 

 Mix, and give every hour till relief is afforded. 



2. ANODYNE BALL FOR COLIC (only useful in mild cases) 



Powdered Opium . . . . to 2 drachms. 



Castile Soap . . . .2 drachms. 

 Camphor . ... . . 2 drachms. 



Ginger . . . . . . 1^ drachm. 



Make into a ball with Liquorice powder and Treacle, and give every 

 hour while the pain lasts. It should be kept in a bottle or bladder. 



3. ANODYNE BALL (ordinary) 



Opium . . . ..... ^ to 1 drachm. 



Castile Soap . . * . ; . 2 to 4 drachms. 



Ginger 1 to 2 drachms. 



Powdered Aniseed . . . . to 1 ounce. 



Oil of Caraway Seeds . . . \ drachm. 

 Syrup enough to form a ball, to be dissolved in half a pint of warm ale, 

 and given as a drench. 



4. ANODYNE DRENCH IN SUPERPURGATION, OR ORDINARY DIARRHOEA, 



Gum Arabic . . . * . .2 ounces. 

 Boiling Water . . . . .1 pint. 

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