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(ii.) Gargles — 



(i.) Acid solution of nitrate of mercury, six minims. 

 Water, one fluid ounce, 

 (ii.) Permanganate of potassium, three to four grains. 

 Water, one fluid ounce. 



CATHARTICS. 

 (a.) Mild. 



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

 Powdered ginger, half an ounce. 

 These drugs may be mixed in a pint of warm water, and then administered. 



(ii.) Sulphate of sodium, sixteen ounces. 



Powdered caraway-seeds, half an ounce. 

 These drugs may be mixed with a pint of warm water, and then ad- 

 ministered ; but this prescription is, as a rule, not so certain in its effects as is 

 the preceding one. 



(iii.) Castor oil, two pints. 

 (6.) Strong. 



(i.) Sulphate of magnesium, sixteen ounces. 

 Powdered aloes, eight drachms. 

 Powdered ginger, half an ounce. 

 The above ingredients should be mixed, and given in a pint or more of warm 

 water. 



(ii.) Castor oil, two pints. 



Croton oil, half a fluid drachm. 



(iii.) Gamboge, half an ounce. 

 Aloes, half an ounce. 

 Ginger, half an ounce. 

 Powdered croton bean, one drachm. 

 These substances may be well mixed, and given in a pint of warm water, 

 (c.) Very strong. 



Intravenous injection of sulphate of eserine. 

 The salt known as sulphate of eserine in a dose of one grain to one grain and 

 a half dissolved in water may be injected intravenously in cases of very 

 protracted constipation. It is, however, necessary to use this method of treat- 

 ment with the very greatest care, and only in cases which would otherwise 

 prove unmanageable. One great disadvantage of this treatment is that if the 

 animal should die after it has been carried out, the flesh is not fit for human 

 food. 



CATTLE-PLAGUE. 



Treatment of cattle-plague is not carried out, the affected animals being 

 slaughtered, with due antiseptic precautions, in accordance with the wise pro- 

 visions of the Act of Parliament relating thereto. Should this dreadful scourge 

 again make its appearance in England, it would be requisite to stamp it out at 

 once with a firm hand. 



CHARBON. See Anthrax. 



Unfortunately anthrax makes its appearance far too frequently among oxen. 

 It is a malady which also should be stamped out at once by slaughter of all 

 affected animals, and subsequent burial of the carcases with antiseptic pre- 

 cautions. 



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