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(ii.) Draught — 



Powdered gentian, one ounce. 

 Powdered ginger, half an ounce. 

 Carbonate of ammonium, half an ounce. 

 Carbonate of iron, two drachms. 

 This draught may be given twice daily in a pint of warm water, gruel, or ale. 

 (iii.) Draught. 



Solution of hydrochlorate of strychnine, two fluid drachms. 

 Tincture of capsicum, four fluid drachms. 

 Tincture of perchloride of iron, one fluid ounce. 

 This draught is a very eflficient one, and it should be given once daily in a pint 

 -of warm water or gruel. 



ANAESTHETICS, 

 (a) Giineral. 



Inhalation of chloroform. 

 From three to six fluid ounces (or even more) are usually required to occasion 

 total anaesthesia in cattle. However, it is to be remembered that complete insensi- 

 bility is not often necessary in the case of oxen, and indeed, partly owing to the 

 difficulty with which these animals are brought under the influence of chloro- 

 form, and also partly on account of the rarity of important operations in cattle 

 practice, it is not often necessary that anaesthesia should be brought about. 

 (6) Local. 

 Application of hydrochlorate of cocaine, 

 (i.) In the case of an operation on the eye. 



Hydrochlorate of cocaine, two to four parts. 

 Water, one hundred fluid parts. 

 This solution is suitable for producing local anaesthesia before operating on 

 the eye. 



(ii.) In the case of an operation on any part other than the eye. 

 Hydrochlorate of cocaine, four to twenty parts- 

 Water, one hundred fluid parts. 

 A solution of this strength is required for producing local anaesthesia in parts 

 •other than the eye. 



ANTHRAX. 



(i.) Draught (antiseptic and antipyretic) — 



Sulphite of sodium, three drachms. 



Salicylate of sodium, three drachms. 



Tincture of aconite (B. P.), forty minims. 



Water, a sufficient quantity. 

 This draught may be given every four hours, 

 (ii.) Draught (antiseptic) — 



Liquefied carbolic acid, thirty minims. 



Gentian, two ounces. 



Aniseed, two ounces. 

 This draught may be given every four hours mixed in a pint of water. 



ANTISEPTICS, 

 (a) Internal. 

 (i.) Draught — 



Sulphate of sodium, three drachms. 

 Salicylate of sodium, three drachms. 

 Water, a sufficient quantity. 



