146 MEDICIlSrES IN POWDEE. 



numerous. The following are the principal, viz. : — sulphur, 

 powder of nux vomica, strychnia, mercurius, sulphate of iron, 

 and sulphate of copper. 



Sulphur, nux vomica, strychnia, and mercurius, are powders 

 which may be administered as follows : — The requisite dose of 

 the drug is first mixed with a small portion of flour, the whole is 

 then poured into a large table spoon, and a few drops of water 

 are added ; and by the aid of a bone spatula, or a small flat piece 

 of clean wood, the mass is made into a paste of moderate con- 

 sistency. The operator then advances to the patient, while an 

 assistant steadies the head ; he then gently draws the tongue 

 out of the mouth, or he depresses the left corner of the lower 

 lip, and wipes the contents of the spoon upon it. The animal 

 speedily licks up the whole. 



Another mode of administering a powdered drug, is by 

 triturating the quantity prescribed with loaf sugar, and then 

 mixing it with the animal's corn, or in a mash of bran. This, 

 however, is not always to be depended upon, as the patient may 

 refuse to eat it. 



AcciDEis^Ts AND Sudden Illness to Hoeses. — In cases of 

 accident, or where illness suddenly occurs, everything may be 

 said to depend upon the coolness and the common sense of 

 those in attendance. Numbers of individuals, when placed 

 amid circumstances of this nature, become so confused as to 

 be incapable of afibrding the least assistance. Not unfrequently 

 people of this kind run to and fro, as though utterly bereft of 

 reason ; or if they do anything to regulate the existing disorder, 

 they are almost certain to do the very reverse of what they 

 ought to do. People of this character should never leave 

 home, except under the immediate care of that maternal watch- 

 fulness so essentially necessary to the protection of the helpless. 



