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VETERINARY MATERIA MEDICA. 



A TABLE OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES GENERALLY USED IN 

 THE COMPOUNDING OF MEDICINES. 



The Pound . 



— Ounce . 



— Dr;iclim 



— Scruple . 



— Grain . . 



, contiuns . 



Twelve onncep. 

 Eight drachms. 

 Three scruples. 

 Twenty grains. 



MEASURE OF FLUIDS: 



The Gallon 



— Pint 



— Fluid ounce. . 



— Fluid drachm 



Gut. or Min. 



Gr 



9 



contains 



Eight pints. 

 Sixteen fluid ounces. 

 Eight fluid drachms. 

 Sixty minims or drops. 



abbreviations; 



for 



Drop. 



Grain. 



Scruple. 



Di-aclim. 



Ounce. 



Pound. 



Absorbents. — The efficacy of this class of remedies consists 

 in their tendency to correct a diseased acidity in the 

 stomach. In horned cattle, complaints apparently origi- 

 nating from this course are rather common ; hence cows, 

 calves, and sheep, are sometimes benefited by chalk. 



Acetated Liquor of Ammonia. — ^This has been long known 

 by the popular term of Mindererus's spirit, and is made 

 by pouring any quantity of acetic acid, diluted with seven 

 times its amount of water, upon carbonate of ammonia, 

 until all fermentation ceases, or until a neutral solution 

 has been formed. It is useful in horse practice ; it gently 

 invigorates, is diaphoretic, and sometimes it proves mildly 

 diuretic. It principally shows its salutary effects on the 

 commencement of the debile stage, or at the close of 

 lingering febrile diseases, particularly of influenza. In 

 the more early stages of epidemic catarrh, it may also be 

 exhibited : the dose is from four ounces to an almost 

 unlimited quantity. 



Acetate of Copper, or Verdigris. — See Copper. 



Acids. — Such as are in use in veterinary medicine are de- 

 scribed under their proper names throughout the Materia 

 Medica. 



Acetic Acid. — Made from the destructive distillation of 

 wood. A good application to warts. Diluted with seven 



