LOCAL AFFECTIONS OF THE NASAL PASSAGES. 235 



ft, make ; mist, mixture ; pit, pilLs ; gtt, drops ; imgt, 

 ointment; sig., directions; aquae, of water; dr., drachm; 

 oz., ounce. 



It will be assumed that an adult dog of say forty to 

 fifty pounds is to be treated. 



To relieve pain, Dover's powder, in ten-to-fifteen-grain 

 doses, morphia sulph. in pills of one eighth to one half 

 grain, paregoric in doses of one half to two drachms. 

 Laudanum is effective, but more apt to nauseate. All 

 preparations of opium, except perhaps Dover's powder, 

 tend to check secretion — a very grave objection in most 

 diseases of the chest. 



To moderate the heart's action and mitigate other 

 symptoms in pneumonia, etc. : 



5 Tinct. aconit. rad 3 ijss. ; 



Pot. bromid 5 ss. ; 



Pot. chlorat 1 ss. ; 



Pot. acetat § ss, ; 



Syrup, aurant 5 ij ; 



Aquae ad 5 ^iij* 



Ft. mist. 



Sig. : A dessertspoonful every two hours. 

 As before stated, it is easier to give most remedies not 

 in solution, as assumed above, but as powders in gelatin 

 capsules, with the tinctures, etc., dropped on the other 

 ingredients, offering the dog water to drink just after- 

 ward, or, if he will not take this, a little milk. 



N. B. — If Fleming's tincture of aconite is used, the 

 dose must not exceed one drop and the effect be carefully 

 watched. In the later stage of pneumonia, ammon. chlorid. 

 may be substituted for pot. bromid. in the above formula. 



