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4. Alterative Ball for Gexer.vl Use— 



Black Sulphuret of Antimony 2 to 4 diaclims. 



Sulphur 2 drachms. 



Nitre 2 drachms. 



Liuseed meal and water enough to form a ball. 



5. For gexerallt Defective Secretions— 



Flowers of Sulphur 6 ounces. 



Emetic Tartar 5 to 8 drachms. 



Corrosive Sublimati^ 10 grs. 



Linseed meal mixed with hot water, enough to foini G halls, one of which may bt 

 given two or three times a week. 



6. Ix Debility of Stojiach — 



Calomel 1 scruple. 



Aloes 1 drachm. 



Cascarilla Eark, "i 



Gentian Root, J- of each in powder .... 1 drachm. 



Ginger, J 



Castile Soap 3 drachms. 



Syrup enough to make a ball, which may be given twice a week, or every other night. 



ANAESTHETICS 



Anaesthetics (a, not, privative ; aicr^jjcrt?, sensation) produce insensibility 

 to all external impressions, and therefoi'e to pain. They resemble narcotics 

 in their action, and, when taken into the stomach, may be considered purely 

 as such. The most certain and safe way of administering them is by in- 

 halation, and chloroform is the drug now universally employed. The modus 

 operandi of the various kinds has never yet been satisfactorily explained ; 

 and when the comparison is made, as it often is, to the action of intoxicating 

 fluids, we are no nearer to it than before. With alcoholic fluids, however, 

 the disorder of the mental functions is greater in proportion to the insensi- 

 bility to pain ; and if they are taken in sufficient quantities to produce the 

 latter efiect, they are dangerous to life itself. The action of anajsthetics on 

 the horse is very similar to that on man (see Methods of Conti'ol, page 625). 



ANODYNES 



Sometimes called narcotics, when taken into the stomach, pass at once 

 into the blood, and there act in a special manner on the nervous centres. 

 At first they exalt the nervous force ; but they soon depress it, the second 

 stage coming on the sooner according to the increase of the dose. They are 

 given either to soothe the general nervous system, or to stop diarrhoea; or 

 sometimes to relieve spasm, as in colic or tetanus. Opium is the chief 

 anodyne used in veterinary medicine, and it may be employed in very 

 large doses. Cannabis Indica and cocaine are also of service : — 



7. A.NODYNE Drench for Colic— 



Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Oil of Turpentine 1 to 2 ounces. 



Laudanum 1 to 2 ounces. 



Mix, and give every hour till relief is afforded. 



