688 THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF THE OX. 



(ii.j Draught — 



Carbolic acid, one fluid drachm. 

 Glycerine, half a fluid ounce. 

 Mucilage of acacia, ten fluid ounces. 

 (6) Local. 

 (1.) Lotion — 



Carbolic acid, one fluid part. 

 Water, twenty to thirty fluid parts, 

 (ii.) Lotion — 



Boric acid, ©ne part. 

 Hot water, twenty fluid parts, 

 (iii.) Lotion — 



(1) Perchloride of mercury, one part. 

 Water, eight hundred fluid parts. 



This weaker lotion is a useful antiseptic application for wounds. 



(2) Perchloride of mercury, one part. 

 Water, five hundred fluid parts. 



This stronger lotion is a useful antiseptic application for foul sores and ulcers, 

 and for protuberant granulations from which a discharge flows. It is likewise 

 destructive of pediculi and of the scab acarus, and not only kills the parasite 

 itself, but also prevents the hatching of the eggs. When it is used in cases of 

 ringworm, it destroys the vegetable fungus, and arrests the spreading of the 

 growth. Great care is requisite, since this salt of mercury is exceedingly 

 poisonous. 



(iv.) Ointment — 



Boric acid, one part. 

 Vaseline, three parts. 

 Lard, three parts. 

 This is a very useful and most valuable antiseptic ointment, 

 (v.) Ointment — 



Iodoform, twenty grains. 

 Oil of eucalyptus, twenty minims. 

 Carbolic acid, twenty minims. 

 Lard or vaseline, one ounce and a half. 

 This is a very efiBcient antiseptic ointment for foul sores, discharging ulcers, 

 or unhealthy surfaces. 

 (vi.) Ointment — 



Carbolic acid, one part. 

 Lard or vaseline, thirty parts. 



ANTIPYRETICS, 

 (i.) Draught — 



Salicylate of sodium, four drachms. 

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

 Spirit of nitrous ether, one fluid ounce. 

 Water, one half to one pint. 

 This draught may be repeated at intervals of four hours, if necessary. 

 (ii.) Draught — 



Salicylic acid, three drachms. 

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

 Spirit of nitrous ether, one fluid ounce. 

 Water, one half pint to one pint. 

 This draught may be repeated at intervals of four hours, when necessary 



