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CHAPTEE III. 



THE MOEE IMPORTANT DRUGS AND MEDICINES USED FOR 



ANIMALS. 



Alphabetical List of the Most Useful Drugs, with their Doses, 



Forms of Administration and Formulas. 

 Classified List of Drugs, according to their Action on the 



System, with Explanations, 



Drugs are the physician's tools, and whoever would qualify 

 himself for the physician's business must obtain a certain 

 degree of familiarity with them. For the present purpose 

 this will not demand much study. The actual number of 

 drugs which are of real and approved value in the treatment 

 of diseases of stock are but few. Many remedies used in 

 man must be omitted, because they do not act similarly on 

 the lower animals ; many others must be passed by, as they 

 are altogether too costly to administer in the large doses 

 required in brutes. 



We shall describe briefly what we consider the most desir- 

 able remedies ; and to make their presentation as clear and 

 as convenient as possible, we shall arrange them, first, in 

 alphabetical order, for ready reference ; secondly, classified in 

 groups, according to their action on the system. The dose 

 given will, when not otherwise stated, be that suitable for a 

 horse; cattle require about half as much again; while sheep 

 and pigs should have about one-third as much as a horse. 

 A table of weights and measures has been given on page 57. 

 As many common drugs are known under several names, all 

 these have been inserted, with references to the proper one 

 used by apothecaries. 



