132 THE EQUINE HOSPITAL FORMULARY. 



Hypodermic Injection. 



Hypodermic injection of morphine, forty minims every 

 three or four hours. 



Peritonitis (Chronic). 



Draught. 



Tincture of perchloride of iron, one fluid ounce. 

 Tincture of digitalis, two fluid drachms. 

 Oil of juniper, one fluid drachm. 

 Spirit of nitrous ether, one fluid ounce. 

 Water, sufficient to make eight fluid ounces in all. 

 This draught may be given every six houra.^"^^ 



Draught. 

 01. terebinth, f. 3i, 

 Potass, iodid., 3ii. 

 01. ricini, q.s. ad f. 5viii. 



Pharyngitis. 



In cases of acute catarrh of the pharynx, inhalation of 

 carbolized steam or of eucalyptus (a little tincture of opium 

 being in each case added) is useful. A gargle of chlorate 

 of potassium, or of a weak solution of sulphurous acid, 

 or of perchloride of mercury (1 in 2,000), together with 

 hot fomentations applied externally around the throat, 

 is beneficial. If the inflammation be chronic, liniment or 

 blisters should be used instead, in like manner, over the 

 throat. 



If a post-pharyngeal abscess have formed, inhalation of 

 steam and hot fomentations may be tried, and it may 

 become necessary in some cases to open the abscess, but if 

 so, the very greatest care must be taken to avoid the large 

 vessels. 



