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not too large. It should be applied with a soft brush, or 

 a pledget of soft cloth or cotton dipped in it and laid over 

 the wound, and kept bandaged. Perchloride of iron 

 should be kept in every farm, or country house, for this 

 purpose. It should be kept in a glass-stoppered bottle to 

 keep it pure. ' 



Jalap. — Convulvulus Jalapce. This root derives its 

 name from a town in Mexico, called Xalapa, and grows 

 fully six thousand feet above the sea level. It is, in 

 veterinary practice, used only as a purge for the dog, in 

 from twenty to sixty grains. 



Juniper Berries. — Juniperis Communis — The Fruit 

 This medicine is valuable in horse and cattle diseases, as a 

 stimulant to the stomach in loss of appetite, and in con- 

 valescence from debilitating diseases. 



Dose. For horses and cattle, one to two ounces is a dose. 

 Dogs, twenty to forty grains. 



Kino. — A juice of several plants. This is used as an 

 astringent in diarrhoea in all animals, and is considered 

 more powerful than catechu, (whicli see.) 



KOTISSO. — The flowers of this plant are brought from 

 Abyssinia. 



Use. To expel, or destroy tape- worm in man, and the 

 dog, and is prepared and used in the following manner : 

 Take of kousso half an ounce, of warm water half a pint, 

 let it stand till cool, and give it, jflowers and all ; and give 

 next day a dose of castor-oil. 



Laudanum. — (See Opium.) 

 Laxative. — A mild purge. 



Lead. — Plumbum. Metallic lead in the form of shot, 

 is used by our horse dealers, to relieve temporarily the 



