THE BOVINE FORMULARY. 689 



ANTISPASMODICS. 



(i.) Draught — 



Oil of turpentine, one fluid ounce. 

 Tincture of opium, one fluid ounce. 

 Spirit of choloroform, half a fluid ounce. 

 Water to make a pint in all. 

 This draught may be administered without the water last mentioned in half 

 a pint or a pint of thin gruel, and it may be repeated at intervals of three or 

 four hours, if it is thought necessary. 



(ii.) Draught — 



Ether, two fluid ounces. 



Spirit of chloroform, one fluid ounce. 



Tincture of pimento, two fluid ounces. 



Water, sufficient to make a pint in all. 

 This draught may be given without the water in a pint of thin gruel, and it 

 may be repeated at intervals of three or four hours, if it is thought necessary. 

 N.B. — It is not customary to give ether to cattle iu those cases in which there 

 is any great danger of a fatal result, and when the meat may be liable to b© 

 used for human food. 



APERIENTS. 



(i.) Sulphate of magnesium, twelve to sixteen ounces. 

 Powdered ginger, half an ounce. 

 This mixture may be given in a pint of warm water. 



(ii.) Sulphate of sodium, sixteen ounces. 



Powdered caraway seeds, half an ounce. 

 These two substances may be mixed together, and given in a pint of warm 

 water ; but this prescription is not as a rule quite so certain in its effects as is 

 the preceding one. 



(iii.) Castor oil, two pints. 



APHTHA. 



(a.) Internal treatment. 

 (i.) Draught — 



Chlorate of potassium, four drachms. 

 Water, eight fluid ounces. 

 This draught may be given three or four times daily. It is well to commence 

 the treatment in cases of aphtha with the administration of a good dose of 

 aperient medicine. 



(ii.) Draught — 



Tincture of perchloride of iron, one fluid ounce. 

 Diluted hydrochloric acid, two fluid ounces. 

 Glycerine, half a fluid ounce. 

 Water, to make ten fluid ounces in all. 

 This draught may be given thrice daily. 

 (b.) Local treatment. 

 Gargles — 



(i.) Boric acid, one part. 



Glycerine, five fluid parts. 

 Water, eleven fluid parts. 

 This gargle may be used several times daily. 



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