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act as a bandage only, compressing equally, and for a consider- 

 tinie, the joints, tendons, &c. * 



CHEWING BALLS. These are composed of the wood of 

 the bay and juniper tree, assafoetida, liver of antimony, and pol- 

 litory of Spain. The only modern writer on veterinary medi- 

 cine, who has advised the use of chewing balls, is Mr. AVilkinson, 

 in his observations on catarrhal complaints. 



CINCHONA. See Bark. 



CINNABAR, or RED SULPHURET OF QUICK- 

 SILVER. (New name, BI SULPHURET OF MER- 

 CURY.) A heavy mineral of a dark red colour, sometimes 

 prepai'ed artificially. It is composed of quicksilver and sulphur, 

 called red sulphuret of mercury, and has been employed as an 

 alterative in obstinate coughs, and thickness of wind, in doses 

 of half an ounce daily. Cinnabar is the least active of tlie mer- 

 curials. 



CINNAiSION. — Cinnamomnm. The cinnamon tree is a 

 native of the East. The bark is rolled into cylinders and ex- 

 ported in this state. This well-known spice is a powerful sti- 

 mulant, and an excellent cordial; its high price, however, 

 px-events its being used much in cordial preparations ; so that 

 when good cassia can be procured, it may be, on all occasions, 

 substituted for it in veterinary practice (See Cassia). Oil of 

 cinnamon is made by macerating cinnamon in sea water for 

 forty-eight hours, then distilling it with a gentle heat, and 

 separating the oil from the water with which it comes over. 



CLOVES. — Carijopliilli. A stimulant of considerable 

 strength, but seldom employed in veterinary medicine, on ac- 

 count of its high price. The essential oil of cloves is sometimes 

 used, in the dose of ten or twenty drops, in cordial preparations, 

 or in purgative medicine, to prevent sickness or griping. It is 

 an excellent cordial. 



CLYSTER or GLYSTER. — ^»e/;?a. This useful remedy 

 is not employed as often as it ought to be, and seldom properly 

 or effectually. In flatulent colic it is essentially useful ; and it 

 is from this circumstance being too little known, or not attended 

 to, that flatulent colic sometimes terminates in inflammation of 

 the bowels, and death. (See Carminatives.) In suppression or 

 retention of urine, or in difficulty of staling, a clyster is the best 

 remedy that can be employed. In short, there is scarcely a dis- 

 ease to which horses are liable, in which clysters may not be 



* It is customary in many hunting stables, at the close of the season, to 

 apply to the legs of any horses that are stale what is called the mercurial 

 charge. It consists principally of mercurial ointment applied to the legs and 

 bound on with linen bandages closely embracing the leg : they remain on for 

 six weeks or two months, and, on being removed, the legs are found much 

 finer. — Ed. 



