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DOMESTIC ANIMALS— MEDICINES FOR. 



55. CATTLE, Diink, Alterative- 

 Take Flour of Sulphur. ............ ..2 ounces. 



Black Sulphuret of Antimony....! " 



^Ethiop's Mineral % " 



Nitre 2 " 



Mix and divide into four powders; give one 



every second morning in a little thick gruel. 



Turning into a salt marsh will be an excellent 



auxiliary. 



56. CATTLE, Vermin, Mercurial Oint- 

 ment for — 



Take Strong Mercurial Ointment 1 ounce. 



Lard 7 ounces. 



Mix them well together, and rub the ointment 

 well on wherever the lice appear. 



57. CATTLE, Vermin, Lotion for — 

 Take Corrosive Sublimate, 2 drachms; rub it 



down in 2 ounces of Spirits of Wine, and add a 

 pint of water. 



58. CATTLE, Tonic Powders, Altera- 

 tive — 



Take Flower of Sulphur 4 ounces. 



Black Sulphuret of Antimony. I ounce. 



^Ethiop's Mineral % ounce. 



Nitre ...2 ounces. 



Powdered Gentian 2 ounces. 



Powdered Ginger.... .....i ounce. 



Mix, and divide into six powders, and give one 

 daily. 



59. CATTLE, Bull Burnt, Lotion for— 

 Take Goulard's Extract ...1 ounce. 



Spirit of Wine.... 2 ounces. 



Water.... --•# pint. 



Mix. 



60. CATTLE, Cow-pox, Lotion for— 

 Take Sal Ammoniac .....j^ ounce. 



White Wine Vinegar ---is pint. 



Camphorated Spirit of Wine 2 ounces. 



Goulard's Extract I ounce. 



Mix, and keep it in a bottle for use. 



61. CALVES, Drink Aperient for— 

 Take Epsom salts, from 1 to 2 ounces, accord- 

 ing to the size and age of the calf, and dissolve in 

 half a pint of gruel ; then add ginger, I scruple ; 

 essence of peppermint, 3 drops. Mix. 



62. CALVES, Diarrhoea in— 



Take Prepared Chalk 2 drachms. 



Powdered Opium 10 grains. 



Powdered Catechu. % drachm. 



Ginger ...... ^5 drachm. 



Essence of Peppermint 5 drops. 



Mix, and give twice a day in half pint of gruel, 



63. CALVES, Purging, to Stop- 

 Take Dover's Powder 2 scruples. 



Starch or Arrow-root, in powder. 1 ounce. 



Compound Cinnamon Powder 1 drachm. 



Powdered Kino ...^drachm. 



Boil the starch or arrow-root in a pint of water 

 until it becomes well thickened, and then gradually 

 .stir in the other ingredients. 



64. CALVES, Hoove in— 



Take Oil of Turpentine t ounce. 



Linseed Oil ...3 or 4 ounces. 



Ginger, Powdered 1 drachm. 



Mix. To be repeated at the interval of a week, 

 as often as may be required. 



65. SHEEP, Tonic Drink- 

 Take Gentian Root, powdered 1 drachm. 



Caraway Powder X4 drachm. 



Tincture of Caraway. 10 drops. 



Give in a quarter of a pint of thick gruel. 



66. SHEEP, Purging Drink for— 



Take Epsom Salts 2 ounces. 



Powdered Caraway ]^ ounce. 



Warm thin gruel sufficient to dissolve the salts. 



67. LAMBS, Astringent Drink for — 



Take Compound Chalk Powder with 



Opium 1 drachm. 



Gentian 1 scruple. 



Essence of Peppermint 3 drops. 



Mix with a little thin starch, and give morning 

 and night. 



68. SHEEP, Cooling Fever Drink- 

 Take Powdered Digitalis .. 1 scruple. 



Emetic Tartar..... io grains. 



Nitre 2 drachms. 



Mix with thick gruel, and let it be given twice 

 each day. 



69. SHEEP, Laxative Medicine — 

 Take Epsom Salts 1 ounce. 



Ginger 1 scruple. 



Gentian .........1 drachm. 



Warm Water 2 ounces. 



Linseed Oil ....1 ounce. 



The above, may be given either alone or with 

 gruel, to a full-grown sheep : and from one-fourth 

 to one-half to a lamb, according to its age. 



70. SHEEP, Strengthening Drink- 

 Take Prepared Chalk...... r ......i ounce. 



Catechu '. % drachm. 



Opium 20 grains. 



Spirit of Nitrous Ether.. 2 drachms. 



. Gentian 1 drachm. 



To be dissolved in gruel, and given twice a day 

 till the purging ceases; after which the last two 

 ingredients, with a drachm of nitre and ten grains 

 of tartarized antimony, should be given in gruel 

 once a day. 



71. SHEEP, Physic for Blown- 

 Take Glauber salts, 1 ounce, and dissolve in 



peppermint water, 4 ounces ; to this add tincture 

 of ginger, 1 drachm; tincture of gentian, I 

 drachm ; boiling water, I ounce. This should be 

 given every six hours until the bowels are opened, 

 and half the quantity on each of the four next 

 mornings. 



72. SHEEP, General Tonic Drink- 

 Take Gentian 2 drachms. 



Colombo ........ ..1 drachm. 



Ginger # drachm. 



Give in four ounces of warm gruel. 



73. SHEEP, Mixture for the Rot- 

 Take Common Salt 8 ounces. 



Powdered Gentian 2 ounces. 



Ginger 1 ounce. 



Tincture of Colombo 4 ounces. 



Put the whole into a quart bottle so as to fill 

 the bottle. 



