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Local Application to Throat. 



(1) Liniment of aramonia and turpentine, or 



(2) Liniment of camphor. 



N.B. — For chronic nasal catarrh it is best to try iodides 

 and tonics. 



Cathartics. — See Purgatives . 



Cathartic Balls. 



Ball. 



(1) Barbadoes aloes, six pounds. 

 Rectified spirit, half a pint. 

 Soft-soap, half a pound. 



Melt together in a water-bath, and add : 



Oil of peppermint, two fluid ounces. 

 Mix. The dose is from one drachm to one ounce. 



Ball. 



(2) Calomel, one drachm. 



Powdered opium, one drachm and a half. 

 Flour and glycerine, one ounce. 

 Mix. Only one dose is to be given. 



Caustic Dressing. 



Lotion. 

 Nitrate of silver, one drachm. 

 Water, sufficient to make twelve fluid ounces. 



Cerebro-spinal Fever. 



If practicable to do so, it is as a rule best to sling the 

 horse at once. The extremities should be kept warm. 

 Aloes, together with salines, may be given, and belladonna 

 is frequently wery useful, and a good method of administer- 

 ing it is by hypodermic injection of sulphate of atropine. 



