MEDICINES AXD THEIR DOSES. 27 



per cent, of the available chlorine), horses and cattle take 



1 to 2 oz.; sheep and swine, 1 to 2 drams, in water. 

 Spirit of Nitrous Ether. — As a stimulant and antispas- 

 modic horses take 1 to 3 oz.; cattle, 1 to 4 oz. ; sheep, 



2 to 4 drams ; swine, 1 to 2 drams. Do not mix with 

 other medicines or water till ready to give. Give in cold 

 water or linseed tea. Antispasmodics allay spasms. 



Squill. — Horses take | dram of the sirup. The acetate 

 and tincture are given in about half the dose of the sirup. 



Strophanthus. — Of the tincture (1 part to 20 of rec- 

 * titled spirit) horses take i to 1 dram. The seeds are used 

 in Africa as an arrow poison. 



Strychnine. — See 'Nux Vomica/ 



Sugar. — Of sugar and molasses, as laxatives, horses and 

 cattle take 1 pound; sheep, 3 to 4 oz. ; swine, 2 to 3 oz., 

 given, with aromatics and salines, in water, milk, gruel, 

 or mash. 



Sulphur. — As a laxative horses take 1 to 4 oz. ; cattle, 



3 to 6 oz.; sheep and swine, 4 drains to 1 oz. As an 

 alterative J t ne quantity. 



Sulphurous Acid. — Of the B. P. solution horses and 

 'cattle take 1 to 2 oz. ; sheep and swine, { to 1 dram, 

 every 3 or 4 hours, in water or other mild fluid. 



Taraxacum (Dandelion Root). — The fresh succus is 

 the best preparation. Horses about 1 oz. 



Thymol. — For vesical catarrh horses take 5 to 20 grains. 

 Its chief use is in antiseptic surgery. 



Turpentine. — Horses and cattle, 1 to 3 oz.; sheep, 1 

 to 3 drams ; swine, 1 to 2 drams, in milk, oils, eggs, &c. 

 The larger doses are stimulant and antispasmodic ; the 

 smaller, frequently repeated, are diuretic and inspissant 

 (thickening). 



Turpentine Oil (Spirit). — As a stimulant and anti- 

 spasmodic horses and cattle take 1 to 2 oz. ; as a diuretic 

 % to 1 oz. ; as an adjuvant cathartic or vermifuge about 

 2 oz., combined with aloes in solution, castor or linseed 



