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in ninety-six i)cr cent, alcohol, is a good local application to 

 glandular swellings, and Avill reduce swellings which remain 

 after hurts ; also, swollen glands. 



Ipecamianha is found in the drug-stores in the shape of a 

 light-colored powder. It is a fine emetic (a vomit) in h^man 

 practice. It is a nauseant (sickening the stomach) to the 

 horse. It is used in catarrh, or cold, in combination with other 

 nauseants, in doses of from two to six drams. A horse can not 

 vomit; therefore, nauseating is all that can be done or is 

 necessary. 



Iron. — There are several preparations of iron which might 

 be found serviceable in the diseases of the horse. 

 * The ?nist, or carbonate, of iron is a good tonic, given in doses 

 of from one to four drams once or twice a day. The carbonate 

 of iron may be given in the feed. 



T/ie sulphate of iron, or copperas, is more powerful than the 

 carbonate, for the same purpose. It has been used in the 

 treatment of that form of glanders which is characterized by 

 only a thin discharge from the nose. It is to be given dis- 

 solved in the horse's drink. It is better to give it with gentian, 

 or ginger. 



Tincture of muriate of iron is good for arresting hemorrhagej. 

 or bleeding. It should be given in a pint of water, in doses of 

 one or one and a half ounces. 



The x^ersulphate of iron is better for the same purpose^ 

 given in water, in doses of one or two drams. 



Juniper-berries are stimulant and diuretic (affect the kid- 

 neys). They are used in powder, in thick urine, the follow- 

 ing being a good prescription: Powdered asafoetida, one ounce;, 

 powdered poplar bark, eight ounces; powdered juniper-berries,, 

 two ounces; mix, divide in eight papers, and give one each, 

 night and morning in the feed. 



Kino is a dark, brittle gum, or extract. It is astringent- 

 Used in diarrhea or scours. Dose, from two drams to an ounce.. 



Linseed-oil is the oil pressed out of flax-seed. It is used in 

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