30 GENERAL THERAPEUTICS FOR VETERINARIANS 



1TRXV to xxx; dogs, cats and fowl, 0.1-0.5, njj to vij. Of pepsin, 

 the dose for horses is 5-10, 3j to oijss; dogs, 0.1-1, grs. jss to xv. 

 Phosphoric acid or lactic acid may be used in place of hydrochloric 

 acid. 



(b) Saline Stomachics stimulate the secretion of hydrochloric 

 acid, dissolve collections of mucus upon the gastric mucous mem- 

 brane, and at the same time combat fermentation. The most 

 important are sodii chloridum, sodii bicarbonas, sodii sulphas and 

 *Carlsbad salts.^ They are the best remedies for chronic gastric 

 catarrh. 



The dose of sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sul- 

 phate and Carlsbad salts for cattle is 50-100, 5 jss to iij; horses, 

 25-50, 3vj to xij; sheep and goats, 2-5, grs. xxx to 3j; dogs, 1-2, 

 grs. XV to xxx. 



(c) Bitter Stomachics (Amara). — In disturbances of gastric 

 digestion these improve the appetite, increase the secretion of 

 gastric juice, stimulate rejflexly the contraction of the stomach wall 

 and prevent or check fermentation. The alleged negative results 

 obtained in experiments with bitter stomachics on healthy indi- 

 viduals and outside of the animal body do not disprove their favor- 

 able effect upon disturbances of digestion. Gentiana and aloe are 

 the most important of those used in veterinary medicine. Others 

 are: *condurango, cinchona, *absinthium, taraxacum, calumba, 

 *centaury, *menyanthes, *centaurea, quassia, *cetraria, *achillea, 

 [nux vomica], and strychnina. As a rule, the amara are adminis- 

 tered in small doses. 



The dose of aloes as a stomachic for cattle is 5-10, 5j to ijss; 

 horses, sheep and goats, 2-5, grs. xxx to 5 j ; dogs 0.1-0.5, grs. jss to 

 vij . Of gentian, absinthe and the other vegetable amara, except 

 nux vomica and strychnine, the dose for cattle is 25-50, 5 vj to xij ; 

 horses, 10-25, 5ijss to vj; sheep and goats, 2-5, grs. xxx to 3j. 

 The tinctures of these drugs are usually administered to dogs, the 



* [Not official in the U. S.] 



^ [The formula for artificial Carlsbad salts, Sal Caroliniun factitium, is as 

 follows: Sodium sulphate 22 parts, sodium bicarbonate 18 parts, sodium 

 chloride 9 parts, and potassium sulphate 1 part.] 



