Creosote for Intestinal Infections. 



Creosote is a valuable, but much neglected agent in 

 veterinary medicine. Probably the chief reason for 

 this lies in the fact that, because of its disagreeable 

 odor, our patients must either be drenched with it, or 

 it must be administered in capsules. Most animals 

 refuse to eat it on the feed. 



While useful for a great variety of diseases and 

 pathologic conditions, it is in infectious conditions of 

 the intestinal tract that creosote gives its best per- 

 formance. In various forms of dysentery and in sec- 

 ondary intestinal catarrh, it may be depended upon 

 without question. 



For internal administration only the beechwood 

 creosote should be used. The average dose for 

 horses can be put at fifteen minims, for cattle twenty. 

 It should always be combined with a bland oil such as 

 linseed, cotton-seed or castor oil. 



A good capsule for acute scours is the following: 



Creosoti (Beechwood) M xv 



Tr. Capsici 5 i 



Ol. Cajuput 3 iv 



Ol. Ricini, q. s. ad 5 i 



M. et fiat capsula. 



Sig. — Give at one dose for scours. This 

 may be repeated in an hour if neces- 

 sary. 



In affections of the intestinal tract, in which the 



feces have a disagreeable odor, creosote can be used 



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