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No. 4. Allspice powdered 2 to 4 drs. 



Caraway seeds (fresh) powdered... 4 drs. to 1 oz. 

 Treacle enough to form the ball. 



No. 5. Ginger powdered 1 dr. 



Allspice powdered 2 drs. 



Caraway seeds powdered 4 drs. 



The cordials Nos. 4 and 5 may be given as a drench with a 

 little water ; and if the cordials 1, 2, and 3 were sweetened 

 with treacle or sugar, they would be more palatable to the horse, 

 and probably have a better effect. The above cordials are as 

 well suited to cattle as to horses ; and though much stronijer 

 drenches are often given, these Avill be found, I think, of suffi- 

 cient strength. When we consider the immense size of the 

 rumen, or first stomach, of the cow, we may be led to think that 

 these animals really require the Herculanean doses often given, 

 and prescribed by writers on cattle medicine. But the internal 

 surface of the rumen has a cuticular covering, and consequently 

 possesses but little, if any, sensibility to medicine ; and it is 

 evident, from the structure and disposition of the passage by 

 which the four stomachs communicate with each other, as well 

 as from the structure and economy of the stomachs themselves, 

 that drenches pass quickly into the fourth stomach, and that it is 

 through the excitement produced upon this stomach and upon 

 the brain, that the muscular coat of the rumen, or first stomach, 

 as well as the whole muscular system, is excited to more vigorous 

 action. 



COPvNU CERVI. See Hartshorn. 



COlillOSIVE SUBLIMATE. See Sublimate Corro- 

 sive. 



CPvEAM OF TAUTAn.—FotasscB Bltartras. See Tar- 

 tar. 



CR.EASOTE. — Creasoton. This substance is obtained by 

 the destructive distillation of vegetable matters ; hence it is found 

 in pyroxylic oil, tar, and wood, smoke giving to those substances 

 their antiseptic properties. Its preparation is exceedingly trou- 

 blesome and tedious. 



Properties and Uses. — Creasote, when pure, is a colourless 

 fluid, oily, and of a peculiar odour, resembling smoked meat : it 

 has a hot pungent taste; it acts powerfully on the animal system, 

 quickly destroying small animals. Internally given it is a sti- 

 mulant and tonic; and externally, when applied in an imdiluted 

 state, it is a caustic ; otherwise it acts as a general excitant, and 

 an antiseptic. It has also been resorted to as a styptic ; indeed, 

 its greatest use is as a topical remedy, being employed in the 

 form of a lotion, a liniment, or an ointment, to foul ulcers, such 

 as occur in farcy and glanders ; to cancerous sores, such as foot- 



