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HEALTH AND DISEASE 



DRAUGHTS 



ASTRINGENT 



Tincture of Catechu 

 Tincture of Opium 

 Powdered Cinnamon Bark 

 Prepared Chalk ... 

 Powdered White Sugar . . . 



J ounce 

 1 ounce 



1 dram 



2 drams 

 2 drams 



Mix as a draught in a pint of warm water. 



COLIC 



Laudanum ... ... . .. 1-J- ounce 



Compound Tincture of Cardamoms \ ounce 

 Tincture of Aconite ... ... 15 drops 



Mix. To be given in a pint of cold water. 



Spirit of Turpentine 

 Oil of Peppermint 

 Tincture of Ginger 

 Glvcerine .. 



1 ounce 



15 drops 



1 ounce 



i ounce 



Mix. To be given in a pint of warm 

 linseed gruel. 



CORDIAL 



Compound Tincture of Cardamoms \ ounce 



Compound Tincture of Gentian ... 1 ounce 



Tincture of Calumba ... ... Bounce 



Tincture of Ginger ... ... \ ounce 



Mix. To be given in a pint of warm ale. 



DIURETIC 



Spirit of Turpentine ... ... Jounce 



Sweet Spirit of Nitre ... ... 1 ounce 



Oil of Juniper ... ... ... 10 drops 



Mix. To be given in a pint of linseed tea. 



FEVER 



Spirit of Nitrous Ether ... ... 1 ounce 



Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia ... 1 ounce 

 Mix. To be given in a pint of cold water. 



Linseed Oil 



PURGATIVE 



or 



1 pint 



Barbados Aloes ... ... ... 5 drams 



Tincture of Ginger ... ... \ ounce 



Oil of Peppermint ... ... 10 drops 



Dissolve the aloes in a pint of warm water 

 and add the other ingredients when cool. 



TONIC 



Compound Tincture of Gentian ... 1 ounce 

 Tincture of Calumba ... ... 1 ounce 



Tincture of Cinchona ... ... J ounce 



Mix. To be given in a pint of cold water. 



or 



Compound Tincture of Cardamoms 1 ounce 

 Nitric Acid ... ... ... 1 dram 



Tincture of Nux Vomica ... Jounce 



Mix. To be given in a pint of cold water. 



ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES 



The action of medicines will be found in another part of this work 

 (pp. 1 and 12 of this volume), and it is proposed in this chapter to deal with 

 the various methods of administering them which custom or convenience 

 requires in the treatment of our patient the horse. 



Medicines are conveyed into the body by one of several channels. 



They may be. given by the mouth as draughts, boluses, or electuaries, or 

 by the rectum in the form of enemata, or they may be injected beneath the 

 skin (subcutaneous injection), or directly into one or another of the super- 

 ficial veins (intra-venous injection). In the form of vapour they are also 

 inhaled, and in particular instances are injected into the trachea or wind 

 pipe (intra-tracheal injection). 



