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Eromide of Potassium. 



Use. For arresting the growth of fibrous tumors so often 

 met Avith in all animals. 



Doses. For horses and cattle, from one to three drachms, 

 and for dogs, five to ten grains, repeated three times in the 

 day, for a considerable period. 



Buckthorn. — A syrup is made of the berries, and 

 kept in the drug stores, and is recommended as a mild 

 purgative in dogs having distemper. 



Calamine. — An impure carbonate of zinc. Oxide of 

 zinc should be used or substituted for it. Used in the 

 healing of wounds, both in powder and ointment. 



Calcium, or Quicklime. 



Use. Lime is used in indigestion and acidity in all 

 animals; in tympanitis in the horse, in hoven in cattle, and 

 in the form of lime-water. Mixed with linseed oil in 

 equal quantities, it makes the celebrated Carron oil, so 

 called from its constant use among the men employed in 

 the Carron Iron Works, when any of them get burnt. 

 Lime-water and calomel make the yellow-wash, and corro- 

 sive sublimate, and lime-water, make the black-wash, so 

 highly recommended in unhealthy, and in ill-conditioned 

 ulcers and sores. It is used as a disinfectant in stables 

 and barns. 



Dose. Quicklime is given to horses and cattle, in from 

 one to two drachms. Lime-water is given in five ounce 

 doses to horses and cattle. For calves with diarrhoea, 

 tvro ounces of lime water, a drachm of powdered gentian 

 root, and from three to five drops of the tincture of 

 aconite root, given three times a day, is an excellent 

 remedy. 



