488 Drugs and Iledicines. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MOST USEFUL DRUGS EMPLOYED IN 



VETEKINAEY MEDICINE, WITH DOSES, FORMS 



OF ADMINISTRATION, ETC. 



(The numbers refer to the receipts which have been giren on previous pages.) 



Acetate of Ammonia Solution [Spirits of Min- 



dererus). — Dose 2 to 4 ounces, in water. An excellent cooling 

 and strengthening remedy in feverish and weak conditions. For fevers 

 of almost any kind the following are useful : — 



No. 476. Solution of acetate of ammonia, 



Epsom salts, of each, 2 oz. 



Chlorate of potash, 1 oz. 



Water, 1 qt. 



Give at a draught. 



No. 477. Solution of acetate of ammonia, 



Chlorate of potash, 

 Tincture of gentian, of each, 1 oz. 

 Water. 1 pint. 



For an anti-febrile mixture, in influenza and other low forms of 

 fever in horses and cattle. 

 Nos. 135, 163, 365. 



Acetate of Lead (Sugar of lead). — See Lead, acetate of. 



Acetate of Zinc— see Zinc. 



Acetic Acid— see Vinegar. 



Aconite, Tincture of root of .—Dose lo to 20 drops ; for 



sheep and pigs, 5 to 10 drops. An active poison in large doses. In 

 moderate ones, an excellent sedative in the early stages of all acute 

 inflammations and fevers, such as pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs, 

 etc. When hard-worked horses are brought in with "chill and sore 

 throat," two doses of aconite and a mustard plaster to the throat will 

 generally check the disease promptly. In sharp attacks of colic, and in 

 rheumatic fever, if combined with a brisk purgative (No. 94), it will 

 often cure promptly. The same prescription is often of great service in 

 beginning lockjaw. Applied as a lotion, it relieves painful swellings, 

 itching, and hastens the cure of grease, mange, and other skin erup- 

 tions. A very good lotion for such skin diseases is — 



No. 478. Tincture of arnica, 



" aconite, each, 1 oz. 



Water, 1 qt. 



The tincture maybe used hypodermically, often with great advantage, 

 ihe dose being about one-third of that given by the mouth. 

 Nos. 29, 94, 128, 156. 



