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Action and Use. — In small doses it acts on the kidneys 

 and skin. For this purpose give horses and cattle a quarter 

 of an ounce or one dessertspoonful in drinking water once a 

 day. For sheep, pigs and dogs give a teaspoonful in their 

 drinking water or food once a day. In large doses it acts 

 on the bowels and stomach to relieve pain and gases. Thus 

 it is good in the different forms of indigestion and colic. 



Dose.— For horses, 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls; cattle. 

 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls; sheep, y 2 ounce or 2 dessert- 

 spoonfuls; pigs and dogs, ]/ A ounce or 1 dessertspoonful. Mix 

 in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench. See 

 special instructions for the different diseases in which it is 

 used. This is a medicine that is used a great deal in prac- 

 tice, as you will see all through the book, and should be 

 thoroughly understood. 



33. Spirits of Turpentine. 



Source.— Spirits of Turpentine, also called Oil of Tur- 

 pentine, is obtained from a tree. It is used in the form of a 

 clear, oily looking liquid. 



Action and Use. — Internally, for horses and cattle, it is 

 used in one ounce or four dessertspoonful doses mixed with 

 a pint of raw linseed oil. In severe cases of acute indigestion 

 and colic it relieves the pain and gases. It is also used in 

 this proportion for killing the long, round worms and bots in 

 horses. For further particulars see "Bots" and "Long Round 

 Worms" in Part II. Internally, for sheep and pigs, the dose 

 is one-quarter of an ounce or one dessertspoonful mixed with 

 half a pint of raw linseed oil. It is used for the same 

 purposes as it is in horses and cattle. It is used externally in 

 liniments. Refer to the receipts for making white liniment 

 and acid liniments in Chapter V. 



