14 MEDICINES AND THEIR DOSES. 



Alcohol. — Of rectified spirit, that is, alcohol made from 

 grain, not the kind made from wood, horses take about 

 1 oz. (ounce), cattle 1 to 3 oz., sheep $ oz., swine 2 drams. 

 Rectified spirit is also called spirit of wine. Whisky, gin, 

 and brandy are about half the strength of rectified spirit; 

 sherry and port about a third the strength of whisky ; ale 

 about half the strength of sherry and port. In critical 

 cases they have to be given at intervals of 1 or 2 hours. 



Aloes. — Horses, 2 to 10 drams; cattle, 1 to 2 ounces; 

 sheep, i to 1 ounce ; swine, 2 to 5 drams, twice a day. 

 For colts allow 5 grains for every week of their age. Aloes 

 purge the blood as well as the bowels. 



Alums.— Horses and cattle, 2 to 4 drams; sheep and 

 swine, 20 grains to 2 drams, in ball or solution. 



Ammoniee Liquor Fortior. — Horses, 1 to 2 drams; 

 cattle, 2 to 4 drams; sheep and swine, 1 dram. Liquor 

 ammoniac and aromatic spirit of ammonia?, being about 

 half the strength, are given in double doses. 



Ammonium Carbonate. — Horses, 2 to 4 drams; cat- 

 tle, 3 to 6 drams; sheep and swine, 15 to 60 grains, in 

 ball, linseed meal, or gruel. Used cold. 



Ammonium Chloride. — In same doses as ammonium 

 carbonate. 



Ammonii Acetatis (Liquor).— Horses and cattle, 1 to 

 4 ounces, given in 5 or 6 parts of water, diluted spirit, 

 or linseed tea. Diluted spirit means half alcohol and 

 half water. 



Amyl-Nitrite.— Horses and cattle, 3 to 10 drops. Try 

 small dose first. When given hypodermically, half doses 

 usually suffice. Inhaled, on sugar or in draught, with 

 rectified spirit or ether. 



Anise.— Horses, 1 oz.; cattle, 1 to 2 oz.; sheep and 

 swiue, 2 to 3 drams, several times daily, powdered. Anise 

 oil, mixed with a little spirit and olive or other mild oil, 

 destroys lice. Linseed, palm, and cod liver are also mild 

 oils. "<A little spirit' means alcohol (in proportion.) 



