338 HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. 



known. No attempt will be made to describe adulterations 

 in the drugs spoken of. Many useful plants containino- 

 high curative properties are to be found all over this 

 country, which will be well worth special attention. 



Acids. — These are derived from the mineral, vegetable 

 and animal kingdoms, and are of a sour taste — hence the 

 name acid. Some acids are solid, others fluid, and all are 

 easily dissolved in water. Acids are mostly poisonous, 

 except when highly diluted, or mixed with water. 



Acetic Acid. — This acid is eight times stronger than 

 ordinary vinegar. 



Use. Sometimes used in sprains, and for the destruction 

 of the poison of insects, by adding one ounce of camphor to 

 four ounces of the acid. 



Pyroligneous Acid. — This is gotten by the distilla- 

 tion of wood, and sometimes sold in a diluted form as 

 white vinegar. It is used with salt by horsemen for sore 

 backs and shoulders. 



Muriatic Acid. — This is commonly called the spirit 

 of salt 



Use. A good tonic in debilitating diseases in horses and 

 cattle, and can be advantageously employed in pleuro-pneu- 

 monia in cattle, for it relieves the quick breathing, and 

 keeps up the strength. 



Dose. Forty to sixty drops given largely diluted, or 

 mixed with cold water, and repeated thrtfe to four times in 

 the day. 



Externally, it is used for sores in the feet of horses, by 

 pouring a few drops in the nail-hole or sore. Ten drops 

 poured into the fistulous openings of poll-evil, or quittor in 

 the foot, daily, sometimes cure the disease. 



Nitric Acid, or Aqua Fortis. — This, given properly, 



