70 GENERAL THERAPEUTICS FOR VETERINARIANS 



ferric chloride, tannic acid, nitrate of silver, chloride of zinc, lead 

 acetate, alum, antipyrine, adrenalin (suprarenin), creolin, creosote, 

 oil of turpentine, ether and acetic acid. To this group also belong 

 the agglutinative styptics: acacia, tragacanth, colophony, col- 

 lodion, starch, chalk and plaster of Paris; also the rophetic styptics: 

 sponges, absorbent cotton and pengamar djambi (long, silky hairs 

 from East Indian ferns, oflScial in Austria as palese hsemostatica) 

 which were formerly much used but which have become obsolete 

 since the introduction of asepsis. 



2. General styptics operate internally after absorption into the 

 blood. The most important are ergot, hydrastis, lead acetate, 

 tannic acid and alum. Digitalis, adrenalin (suprarenin), oil of 

 turpentine and other ethereal oils, acids and sodium chloride also 

 operate internally as haemostatics. Subcutaneous injections of 

 white gelatin, which is recommended as a general styptic, should 

 be used with caution (tetanic convulsions in man). The internal 

 styptics are employed in hemorrhages from the uterus, kidneys, 

 bladder, intestines, stomach, liver, spleen, lungs and brain. In 

 gastric and intestinal hemorrhages the action of most of these is, 

 strictly speaking, a local one (tannic acid, lead acetate, alum, sul- 

 phate of iron, solution of ferric chloride). In general, the action of 

 the internal styptics is very uncertain, except the effect of ergot 

 and hydrastis upon hemorrhage from the uterus. 



Drugs. — 1. Ergota. Ergot. Specific against uterine hemorrhage. 

 [Dose of fluidextractum ergotae for horses and cattle, 15-30, §ss 

 to 3j; sheep, goats and swine, 4-8, 3j to ij; dogs, 2-4, 5ss to j.] 



2. Hydrastis. A specific against hemorrhages from the uterus 

 and abdominal organs. [Dose of fluidextractum hydrastis for 

 horses and cattle, 8-30, 5ij to gi; sheep and swine, 4-8, 5i to ij; 

 dogs, 0.3-4, TT^v to 5i-] 



3. Acidum tannicum. Tannic acid or tannin. A styptic in 

 gastric, intestinal and renal hemorrhage; external haemostatic. 

 Dose for horses and cattle, 5-25, 5 i to vj ; sheep and goats, 1-2, grs. 

 XV to xxx; dogs, 0.1-0.5, grs. iss to vij. Quercus, cinchona, 

 krameria, *tormentilla, uva ursi, *catechu and galla have the 

 same action. 



