20 MEDICINES AND THEtR DOSES. 



Gamboge (A Gum Resin).— Cattle, i to 1 oz.; sheep, 

 20 to 30 grains, given with other purgatives and in so- 

 iution. 



Gentian — Horses, |. to 1 oz.; cattle, 1 to 2 oz.; sheep, 

 1 to 3 drams ; swine, i to 1 dram, 2 or 3 times daily, in 

 ball or infusion. 



Ginger. — Horses, 4 drams to 1 oz. ; cattle, 1 to 3 oz.; 

 sheep, 1 to 2 drams; swine, -J to 1 dram, in ball. 



Gum Arabic. — Horses and cattle, 2 to 3 oz.; foals, 

 calves, and sheep, 1 oz. 



Glycerine, given shortly before meals, is useful in 

 checking undue gastric (stomach) fermentation, acidity, 

 and flatulence, both in calves and dogs. It is the basis 

 of many dressings for blisters, burns, cracked heels, &c. 



Hellebore. — Do not use without medical advice. A 

 powdered ounce, with 2 ounces of alum, dissolved in a 

 gallon of hot water, will destroy caterpillars. 



Hemlock. — Of the fluid horses and cattle take 2 to 4 

 oz. ; sheep and swine, \ to 1 oz. Neither the dried 

 leaves nor fruit is reliable. 



Henbane (Hyoscyamus Leaves). — (Poison Tobacco, 

 Stinking Nightshade.) Of the tincture horses and cattle 

 take 1 oz. The extract is 6 times as strong as the tinc- 

 ture. Hyoscyamine, usually given as a neutral sulphate, 

 is 100 times more active than the extract. Sometimes 

 used hypodermically. The leaves and seed are the parts 

 used in medicine. Eaten by swine. 



Iodine. — Horses, 20 grains to 1 dram; cattle, \ to 1^ 

 dram ; sheep, 15 to 40 grains ; swine, 10 to 20 grains, 1 

 or 2 times daily, 2 hours after eating, for a week or 10 

 days, omitting for a day or two if necessary. 



Ipecac (Ipecacuanha). — Of the powder, as an emetic, 

 swine take 20 to 30 grains, in tepid water, either alone 

 or with i to 1 grain of tartar emetic. Some use Dover's 

 powder (1 part each of ipecac and opium and 8 parts of 

 potassium sulphate). Of this expectorant and diaphoretic 



