18 MEDICINES AtfD TfiElR DOSES. 



covered vessel, 1 part of red bark in No. 40 powder with 

 £ part of aromatic sulphuric acid and 20 parts of water; 

 strain. A tincture is made by maceration and percolation 

 of 4 ounces of red bark, No. 40 powder, in 1 pint of 

 proof spirit. 



Quinine is made by boiling the bruised cinchona bark 

 with diluted hydrochloric acid, and mixing the filtered 

 solution with lime until it is alkaline, when a precipitate 

 falls; is collected and boiled with alcohol, which dissolves 

 both the quinine and cinchonine. Quinine is obtained 

 from different cinchonas, but chiefly from the yellow, and 

 is the active principle of those valuable drugs. Horses 

 and cattle, 20 grains to 1 dram; sheep and swine, 5 to 20 

 grains, in ball, pill, or solution, 2 or 3 times daily. 



Cinnamon. — Horses 4 drams to 1 oz. of the bark, 20 

 drops to 1 dram of the oil, on sugar, in sirup, &c. 



Cod-Liver Oil. — Horses, 2 oz. ; cattle, 2 to 4 oz.; 

 sheep, 1 oz. ; swine, 4 drams to 1 oz., twice a day and 

 repeated for weeks, omitting if diarrhea sets in ; given 

 in milk, gruel, eggs, &c. 



Colchicum (Autumn Crocus or Meadow Saffron). — 

 Horses, i to 1 dram ; cattle, 1 to 2 drams ; sheep, 10 to 

 25 grains; swine, 2 to 8 grains, powdered and given in 

 salines. Salines contain a salt, or have the properties of 

 a salt. 



Copper Sulphate (Blue Vitriol). — Horses, 1 to 2 drams ; 

 cattle, 1 to 4 drams; sheep, 20 to 30 grains; swine, 5 to 

 10 grains, in ball or solution, twice a day. 



Creosote. — Horses, 10 to 30 drops ; cattle, | to 1 dram ; 

 sheep, 5 to 15 drops ; swine, 2 to 10 drops, in ball or sirup. 



Croton Seed and Croton Oil.— Horses, 10 to 12 seeds 

 (3 grains to each seed); cattle, 15 to 20 seeds; sheep, 3 

 to 4 seeds; swine, 2 to 3 seeds. Of the oil, horses, 15 

 to 25 drops; cattle, | to 2 drams; sheep and swine, 5 

 to 10 drops. 



Corrosive Sublimate. — See 'Mercuric Chloride.' 



