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Resin is used as a diuretic in both horses and cat- 

 tle, usually combined with saltpetre. Externally it 

 is a stimulant, and as resin cerate is applied to 

 wounds, sores, etc. This last preparation is much 

 used as a base for blistering ointments. 



Oil of turpentine is given in indigestion, atonic 

 diarrhoea, to relieve flatulence, in colic, in nasal gleet, 

 catarrh, bronchitis, scarlatina, purpura, pulmonary 

 hemorrhage; in cattle practice, in hoven, chronic 

 diarrhoea and dysentery ; in puerperal apoplexy — with 

 carbonate of ammonia; in puerperal peritonitis; also 

 in post-partum hemorrhage and "red water." As an 

 anthelmintic, combined with tincture of chloride of 

 iron, gentian or quassia, and linseed oil, after first 

 clearing the bowel by a cathartic. For destroying 

 the strongylus micrurus and strongylus filaria in the 

 air passages of calves and lambs, it is injected intra- 

 tracheally, together with ttix.-xx. each of carbolic 

 acid, glycerin, and chloroform. It is also used as an 

 antidote to phosphorus poisoning, but for this purpose 

 must be old so as to contain ozone ; the new oil is use- 

 less. Externally, the oil of turpentine is used as a 

 counter-irritant for the horse; it does not react so 

 powerfully upon the skin of cattle. It is applied to 

 the abdomen in colic, enteritis, peritonitis, and other 

 painful abdominal affections ; to rheumatic swellings 

 of joints, to sprains and strains of tendons, etc., after 

 the acute symptoms have been relieved by hot fomen- 

 tation. It is also used in erysipelas, ringworm, dry 

 gangrene of dogs' ears, and in foot-rot of sheep and 



cattle ; as an antiseptic to poisoned wounds, bites, and 

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