POISONS 



Belladonna is often given to a horse by a careless 

 servant as a drench instead of the proper medicine prescribed 

 for it, as it is the active agent in many of the stimulating 

 lotions which are in use in stables ; but it requires a pretty 

 strong dose to cause serious trouble. 



The Sytnpt077is are dilation of the pupils of the eyes, 

 which cease to be affected by light, a dry, parched mouth, 

 the animal moves unsteadily, and becomes very drowsy. 



Treatment. — Very large doses of brandy or whisky and 

 water, or very strong coffee. 



Carbolic A cid. — Symptoms. — Feeble, irregular pulse, the 

 lining of the mouth hard and white, breathing difficult, urine 

 almost black, great prostration, the horse being scarcely able 

 to move. 



Treatment. — Give a couple of pounds of Epsom Salts in 

 2 quarts of water, or i pint of sweet oil. If neither of the 

 above are at hand, the whites of several eggs beaten up in 

 water, or salad oil if procurable. Should the weakness 

 increase, give strong doses of brandy or whisky and water. 



Copper. — Symptoms. — Acute diarrhoea, the discharge 

 being often stained with blood, quick and difficult breathing, 

 great prostration, followed by convulsions. 



Treatment. — The whites of half a dozen eggs beaten up 

 in gruel, followed by 6 ounces of laudanum. 



Lead is not by any means as unusual a cause of horses 

 being poisoned as may be imagined, as it may be taken by 

 them in many ways, but chiefly by having lotions containing 

 lead and intended for external application administered to 

 them by accident, or by eating food which has become tainted 

 by the fumes from chemical works. 



The First Symptoms are blueness of the gums, followed 

 by severe pains in the belly, bad smelling breath, diarrhoea, 

 and swelling of the joints, followed by paralysis. 



Treatment. — Dose with i lb. Epsom Salts or \\ ounces 

 sulphuric acid in 3 pints of water, to be succeeded by doses 

 of sulphate of magnesia. If much pain exists in the belly, 



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