MEDICINES. 411 



Laudanum. — Two ounces. 

 Nitrate of Silver. — Two sticks. 

 Chloride of Lime. — A few pounds. 

 Powdered Charcoal. — A few pounds. 

 Black Oxide of ^Ianganese. — Three ounces. 

 EoLL Sulphur. — Half a pound. 

 Liver of Sulphur. — Three ounces. 



TABLE OF DOSES ACCOEDING TO AGE. 



If the dose is for a full grown animal, of whatever kind, 

 let it be one ounce. 



A colt of one year will require one-third of an ounce. 



A two year old will require one-half of an ounce. 



A three year old will require three-fourths of an ounce. 



The same proportion may be observed in cattle, from 

 one year old and upwards. But a calf, a week or two old, 

 will require another division of dose, still following the 

 same rule. The dose for a one year old is one-third of the 

 dose of an adult, or full grown ox. Then the dose for -a 

 calf of four weeks will be one-twelfth of that given to a 

 one year old, and a tw^o months' old calf or colt, will 

 require one-sixth of that of a one year old animal. For a 

 one week old animal, the dose will be one-fourth of that 

 of the animal aged four weeks. The rule and the dose are 

 merely approximate, but it is the best and only plan 

 we can offer, as a rule or guide for a posolor/lcal table. 

 Some persons have advocated a decrease in the dose for old 

 animals. This I cannot favor, as but few horses live to be 

 so old that a full dose of medicine would be an injury to 



