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fectant, and hence a preventive of disease, it should be in every barn 

 and stable. Nos. 151, 220, 241, 279, 288, 307, 318. 



Castor on. — Dose 1 pint; sheep and pigs, 3 to 4 oz., or 6 or 

 8 beans. A mild purgative ; efficient, though slow, in its effects. For 

 young animals, about the best purge. When given to adult horses or 

 cattle, it is best to combine with it half a pound of Ejjsom salts. Nos. 

 110, 130, 330, 376, 404. 



Catechu. — Dose ^ oz. A useful vegetable astringent in diar- 

 rhea, flux, etc. Nos. 121, 131, 370, 387. 



Chalk — see Lime carbonate. 



Charcoal. — Dose 1 oz. Used for indigestion and dyspepsia, 

 with fetid feces. It can readily be given in gruel. Externally, it may 

 be dredged or sprinkled on foul sores. 



Chloral Hydrate. — Dose l to 2 ounces; sheep and pigs, 

 1 to 3 drachms. One of the best agents to quiet irritability and 

 produce sleep. Used in colic, asthma, brain disease, convulsions of all 

 kinds, etc. A solution of a drachm to the ounce is one of the best ap- 

 plications in obstinate ulcers, old galls, wounds, etc. Can readily be 

 injected subcutaneously. Nos. 96, 126, 243, 377. 



Chloride of Lime— see Lime. 

 Chlorate of Potash— see Potash. 



Chloride of Sodium (Common Salt, Dairy Salt) — see 

 Sodium Chloride. 



Chloroform. — Dose 1 to 2 drachms. As an anodyne in colic, 

 asthma and troublesome cough. Principally used as an anaasthetic. For 

 this purpose 2 or 3 ounces are generally sufficient for horses and cattle, 

 1 to 2 ounces for sheep and pigs. A sponge saturated with this amount 

 may be placed in a nose-bag and fastened to the head, or held to the 

 nostrils. The animal should be well secured, as the earlien effect of 

 chloroform is to produce a state of excitement. Air must be allowed to 

 enter freely with the chloroform, as its pure vapor is poisonous. A safer 

 though slower anaesthetic is the mixture No. 12. 



For internal use a mixture called chloric ether is very pojDular in 

 England. It is — 



No. 486. Chloroform, 1 part. 



Pure alcohol, 19 parts. 



