MEDICINES AND THEIR DOSES. 



Acid, Acetic. — Is used externally only. 



Acid, Hydrochloric. — Of diluted or medicinal acid 

 horses take £ to 2 drams* (drachms), cattle 2 to 4 drams, 

 sheep and swine 15 to 20 drops, in 40 or 50 times its 

 bulk of water, often given with bitters and iron. 



Acid, Nitric. — Of diluted medicinal acid horses and 

 cattle take 1 to 2 drams, sheep and swine 10 to 20 drops, 

 largely diluted with water; often conjoined with bitters. 

 For external use, a dram in a pint of water is strong 

 enough for all except escharotic (caustic) purposes. An 

 ointment and a paste are also used. 



Acid, Nitro-Hydrochloric. — Diluted and in the same 

 doses as nitric acid. 



Acid, Sulphuric. — Horses take of the medicinal acids 

 1 to 2 drams, cattle 2 to 4 drams, sheep -J to 1 dram, 

 swine 10 to 20 drops, several times a day, freely diluted 

 and often conjoined with aromatics and bitters. As an 

 external astringent, 10 to 20 drops of medicinal acid are 

 mixed with an ounce of water. 



Aconite. — Horses, 20 to 30 drops; cattle i to 1 dram; 

 sheep and swine, 5 to 10 drops. Fleming's tincture of 

 aconite is about 4 times stronger than most others, and 

 must be used accordingly. 



* A teaspoon contains 1 fluid dram ; a dessert-spoon 2 ; a table-spoon 

 1-2 a fluid ounce ; a wine glass 2 to 2 1-2 fluid ounces ; teacups 5 to 7 

 fluid ounces; common tumblers from 8 to 10 fluid ounces. 



In apothecaries' tveight 20 grains make 1 scruple, 3 scruples 1 dram, 8 

 drams 1 ounce; (pound not used except at wholesale, when 16 ounces, 

 avoirdupois, is the standard). In fluid measure 60 minims make 1 dram, 

 8 drams 1 ounce, 16 ounces 1 pint, 2 pints 1 quart, 4 quarts 1 gallon. In 

 England 20 ounces make 1 pint, imperial measure. 



