THE DISEASES OF CATTLE. 379 



FLUID EXTRACTS 



OF MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS USEFUL IN CATTLE 

 PRACTICE. 



(new kemedies.) 



During the past few years I have employed extensively, 

 the fluid extracts of vegetable medicinal agents, and I am sat- 

 isfied that they possess many advantages over other vegetable 

 preparations. They appear to possess uniformity of strength, 

 are very convenient to administer, and produce their peculiar 

 effects in small doses, and when the bottles are properly corked, 

 the contents will keep for any length of time. These remedies 

 can be procured in almost every large town in the United 

 States, and I advise husbandmen to keep a few of the most 

 useful on hand. From the following list a selection of neces- 

 sary and useful articles can be made. They are all safe and 

 efl&cient, and will never be likely to do any harm, when used 

 with discretion. 



Fluid Extract of Bloodroot. — This article is used 

 in chronic pulmonary affections and consumption. It is a 

 nauseating stimulant, and, in consequence of its nauseating 

 properties, it promotes diaphoresis. It should be given in 

 some kind of mucilage. Dose, thirty drops, twice daily. 

 When prescribed for consumptive patients, it may be given in 

 three ounces of cod-liver oil. 



Fluid Extract of Cayenne. — This is a very useful 

 preparation, destitute of the very irritating properties which 

 follow the exhibition of the crude powder. It is a powerful 

 and pure stimulant, useful in all diseases attended by prostra- 

 tion or loss of strength. It is also a remedy of great value in 

 typhoid affections, putrid sore throat, and in all diseases of 

 a low type, or where there is a tendency in any part of the 

 system to mortification. Dose, from twenty to sixty drops, 

 diluted with half a pint of water. 



