468 JTAYIX ON THE HOESE. 



Take — Aloes, powdered drams. 



May-apple root, powdered 2 drams. 



Castile-soap 4 drams. 



Mix, and to be given the same as the above. 



The following is a superior alterative: 



Take— Sulphur 4 drams. 



May-apple root, powdered 2 drams. 



Niter, powdered 3 drams. 



Mix. To be given every two days in a pint of thin gruel, or in chop-feed. 



In some cases i^odophyllin may be used with better eifect 

 than the crude root. (See the article on " Podophyllin.") 



Marsh-mallows is a pleasant mucilaginous root, and, soaked in 

 cold water, or given with other medicines, has a very soothing 

 effect on the bowels. 



Mercury. — This mineral, called, also, quicksilver, is well 

 known. The crude article is used in the formula for quick 

 physic. One part of mercury, rubbed with three parts of lard 

 until no globules of the mineral are to be seen, forms mercurial 

 ointment. This is useful rubbed on splints, spavins, and other 

 swellings, to prepare them for blistering or firing. It may be 

 rubbed on freely once or twice a day, but if it should cause 

 salivation, as it sometimes will, its use must be stopped. A 

 weaker ointment is good as an application to malanders and 

 salanders. It is also good in mange, used with six or eight 

 times its weight of sulphur ointment. Calomel is a chemical 

 combination of chlorine and mercury. It is not as great a 

 favorite with the veterinary surgeon as with the human doctor. 

 It is used in water farcy, jaundice, and mange. The dose is 

 from a scruple to a dram. It may be repeated as often as 

 necessary, but its use should be stopped as soon as redness of 

 the gums is seen. If continued too long it will produce in- 

 jurious salivation. Calomel is often combined with other 

 cathartics to increase or hasten their purgative action. Mac/t 

 sulphurate of mercury, called, also, Ethio/s mineral, given in 



