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arnica, asafoetida, chiretta, gentian, soda chlor- 

 ide, ginger ; External Stimulants — (see " Rube- 

 facients," " Pustulants," "Caustics," "Deriva- 

 tives,", " Discutients," " Traumatics "). 



Stomachics : drugs that improve appetite and assist 

 digestion. (See " Stimulants — Stomachic") 



Strapping : thorough grooming, such as a horse 

 should get after he returns from work. 



Styptics : drugs that arrest haemorrhage and con- 

 tract mucous membrane, etc., e.g. acetic acid, 

 carbolic acid, tannic acid, gallic acid, alum, 

 collodion, copper sulphate, ergot, iron perchloride, 

 lead subacetate, zinc sulphate, cautery, cold 

 applications. (See also " Hsemostatics.") 



Subcutaneous : situated or occurring beneath the 

 skin. 



SuDOHiFics : drugs that increase the secretion of the 

 sudoriferous or sweat glands. (See " Diapho- 

 retics.") 



Sulcus : a groove, trench, or furrow. 



Suppurants : drugs that cause the formation of 

 pus (see " Pustulants "), e.g. ammonia, croton oil, 

 cautery, setons. 



Suppuration : the formation of pus. 



Sympathetic : pertaining to, caused by, or exhibit- 

 ing sympathy ; the sympathetic nerve system, 

 which includes all the nerves except those of 

 cranial or spinal origin, which supply the in- 

 voluntary muscles. 



Table of molar : the grinding surface of the molar 

 tooth of a horse. 



TjENIafuges : drugs that act on tapeworms, e.g. 

 male fern, turpentine. 



Therapeutical : pertaining to the art of healing ; 

 curative. 



Therapeutics : tlie science and art of healing. 



Therapy : the treatment of disease ; therapeutics. 



Tissue : an aggregation of cells, fibres, and various 

 cell-products, forming a structural element. 



Tonics : drugs that improve the quality of blood 

 and give tone to the nervous, vascular, and 

 digestive systems. Used in debility, fever, in- 

 digestion, ansmia, epilepsy. Blood tonics — 

 arsenic, iron, animal, and vegetable oils, fresh 

 air ; Nervous tonics — arsenic, silver nitrate, 

 caffein, cinchona, copper salts, iron salts, digi- 

 tahs, phosphorus, quinine, nux vomica, or 

 strychnine ; Stomachic tonics — stomachic stimu- 



lants, vegetable bilters, mineral and vegetable 



acids, pepsin. 

 Toxicology : the science of poisons. 

 Toxin ; any poisonous albumin produced by bacterial 



action. 

 Traumatic : pertaining to an injury. 

 Traumatics : drugs that are applied to wounds, such 



as antiseptics, astringents, caustics, emollients, 



protectives, desiccants. 

 Trocar : a sharp instrument used with a cannula for 



piercing a cavity wall. 

 Troch.anter : a large bony process, such as that 



below the neck of the femur. 

 Trochlea : a pulley-shaped prominence on a bone, 



such as that on the astragalus. 

 Tubercle : a nodule on a bone ; a mass of small 



rounded nodules produced by the tuberculosis 



bacillus. 

 Tuberosity : a broad eminence situated on a bone. 

 Tumour : a neoplasm ; a mass of new tissue that has 



no physiological use. 

 Tympanites : distension of the abdomen due to the 



presence of gas. 

 Ulcer : an open sore other than a wound. 

 Urethra : membranous canal that leads from the 



bladder to the surface. 

 Urinate : to void or discharge urine. 

 Vagina : the canal from the slit of the vulva to the 



neck of the uterus, or womb. 

 Vascular : pertaining to or full of vessels ; well sup- 

 plied with blood. 

 Vehicle : a substance used in making ointments, 



liniments, emulsions, etc., such as lard, vaseline, 



oil, etc. It is itself inert and is used to produce 



the correct consistency. 

 Vein : a vessel which conveys the blood towards the 



heart. 

 Veraiicide : a drug that destroys intestinal worms. 



(See "Anthelmintics.") 

 Vermifuge : a drug that expels intestinal worms. 



(See "Anthelmintics.") 

 Vesicants : drugs that produce blisters or vesicles 



of serum when applied to the skin, e.g. acetic 



acid, ammonia, cantharides, croton oil, mercury 



blisters, turpentine, steam. 

 Virulent : exceedingly noxious. 

 Vulva : the external part of the organs of generation 



of the female (mare). 



