PRESCRIPTIONS AND FORMULA. 539 



No. 3a. Skin Diseases. 



5. Sub-carbonate of potassa, two drachms, 



Water, one ounce, 



Olive oil, one-half ounce, 



Camphor gum, two drachms. 



Sublimed sulphur, five ounces. 

 Mix. Rub in well, / 



No. 33. WJiite Soap or minted Soft Soap. 



Sublimed sulphur, equal parts. If white soap is used it should be melted and 

 the sulphur stirred in while hot. 



Another 5. Sulphuret of lime, one-half drachm, 

 Sweet oil, two ounces. Mix. 



No. 34. ( When all others fail, use 



1. < Sulphuret of potassa, two ounces, 



( Water, one pint. Make solution. 



( 9. Muriatic acid, two ounces, 



2. < Water, one pint, 



( Mix when ready to apply. 



Mix equal parts of Nos. i and 2, and sponge the animal thoroughly. 

 No. 35. 1^. Donovan's solution, one and one-half drachms, 



Syrup (simple), one-half ounce. 

 Water to make four ounces. 

 Color pink, and mark poison. Dose, a teaspoonful three times a day for three 

 days ; then a teaspoonful and one- fourth (fifteen drops) for three days. Increase 

 every third day one-fourth teaspoonful until four teaspoonsful (a large tablespoon- 

 ful) is taken three times per day. If the animal loses appetite, vomits, or shows 

 marked congestion of the eyes, reduce the dose and increase again slowly. If the 

 medicine has to be given any length of time, omit it for every fifth or sixth week, 

 commencing the new series of weeks with the second or third dose of the previous 

 series. Given in this way it acts beautifully as both tonic and alterative. N. B. 

 Z)o nai give at any time on an empty stomach. 



No. 36. Zia jcative . A.perient Alterative. 



IJ. Confection of senna, 



Confection of sulphur, equal parts. 

 Dose, teaspoonful or two as desired. 



37, Black JVasIi. 



'^. Calomel, one-half drachm, 



Fluid ext. conium, two and one-half drachms, 

 Glycerine, one drachm. 

 Powdered gum Arabic, one drachm. 

 Mix together in a mortar, and stir in one-half pint of lime water. Shake well 

 before using. Apply with soft sponge. 



No. 38. Alterative. 



9. Iodide of potasisum, twenty-four grains, 

 Tincture columba, two ounces. 

 Fluid extract tanaxicun, one-half ounce. 

 Water and syrup to make four ounces. 

 Dose, a tablespoonful three or four times a day. 



No. 39. Tonics. 



^. Sulphate of quinine, twenty grains, 



Queveenes iron, twenty to thirty grains, 

 Leptandrin, ten to twenty grains. 

 Mix. Make ten powders. One three or four times a day. 



No. 40. 5. Aromatic sulphuric acid, one and one-half drachms. 



Fluid ext. cinchona (red) Squibbs', one-half ounce. 

 Syrup one-half ounce, 

 Water sufficient to make four ounces. 



Dose, one-half table or a dessert spoonful three or four times a day. 



