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HEALTH AND DISEASE 



SPOONS AS FLUID MEASURE 



A tea-spoon holds ... one fluid dram. 



A dessert-spoon holds .. two fluid drams. 



A table-spoon holds ... ... ... ... half an ounce. 



A wine bottle holds 1J pint. 



DOSES ACCORDING TO AGE 



For a yearling ... ... ... ... ... -? { that for an aged horse. 



For a two-year-old ... ... ... ... ... that for an aged horse. 



For a three-year-old ... ... ... ... | that for an aged horse. 



For a four-year-old ... ... ... ... ... f that for an aged horse. 



For a five-year-old ... ... ... ... ... Full dose. 



COINS AS WEIGHTS 



A threepenny piece ... ... ... ... weighs one scruple (20 grains). 



A sixpence ... ... ... ... ... ... weighs two scruples (40 grains). 



A shilling piece ... ... ... ... ... weighs 80 grains. 



3 1 sovereigns ... ... ... ... ... weigh one ounce. 



Three penny pieces and a threepenny piece ... weigh one ounce. 



The above are approximately correct, but should not be used for active drugs as 

 strychnine or morphine. 



MEDICINES AND THEIR THERAPEUTICAL ACTION 



Class of Medicine. 

 Alteratives. 



Anesthetics. 



Anaphrodisiacs. 

 Anodynes. 



Antacids. 

 Anthelmintics. 



Action. 



Improve the general condition of 

 the body without exercising any 

 perceptible local action. 



Destroy sensation. 



Diminish the sexual appetite. 



Subdue pain. 



Neutralize excessive acidity in 

 the stomach and bowels. 



Destroy or remove intestinal 

 worms. 



Examples. 



Arsenic, iodine and its 

 salts, linseed oil in small 

 doses, antimony, chloride of 

 sodium. 



1. Locally. Cold, cocaine, 

 carbolic acid, ether spray. 



2. Generally. Chloroform, 

 ether. 



Bromide and iodide of 

 potassium, camphor, digi- 

 talis, purgatives. 



1. Locally. Cold, warmth, 

 aconite, belladonna, opium. 



2. Generally. Belladonna, 

 chloral, hyoscyamus, opium. 



Potassium bicarbonate, 

 sodium bicarbonate, chalk. 



1. Those infesting the rectum. 

 Injections of solution of com- 

 mon salt, infusion of quassia, 

 eucalyptol, catechu, &c. 



2. For Nematodes or round 

 worms. Santonin. 



