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and largely diluted, is an excellent tonic, and is used for 

 the same purpose, and in the same doses as the preceding. 



SuLPHUEic Acid. — Possibly this acid is preferable to 

 any other of the acids for inte7mal use, in weakness and 

 debility. It is given in from forty to sixty drop doses, 

 also largely diluted with water. Horses and cattle will 

 usually drink water, when acid is in it. In all kinds of 

 fevers, sulphuric acid is an excellent medicine to give. In 

 mixing it, the acid is to be added to the water, not the 

 water to the acid. 



Prussic Acid. — A highly dangerous poison. There 

 are two forms of this acid kept in the drug stores. 

 Scheels' contains five per cent., and that of colleges about 

 two per cent. 



Use. Given in locked-jaw in the horse with considerable 

 success. 





MINIMUM, OR DROP MEASURE. 



GRADUATED MEASURE. 



Dose, Half to one drachm once a day. If the horse be 

 young, half a drachm will be enough. Two drops to the 

 ounce of water is an excellent wash to the skin of all 

 animals, in mange and inveterate itching. Great care, 

 however, must be exercised in its use, whether internally 

 or externally. It is sold under the name of hydrocianic 

 acid. 



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