48 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



Camomile is a mild tonic, and is sometimes given m 

 doubtful cases, when, from a mistaken view of the dis 

 ease, a powerful astringent might do injury. 



ANODYNES AND SEDATIVES. 



Opium, or laudanum, is a powerful anodyne, as wel 

 as astringent. A decoction of poppy heads, which far- 

 mers can raise, answers the same purpose, it being the 

 same thing in another state. In human and animal 

 practice, opium is used more than all other anodynes, by 

 doctors of the old school. Thomsonian and botanic phy- 

 sicians use American valerian and Cayenne pepper 



Fox-glove, or digitalis is a valuable and powerful 

 sedative, and is considerably used. There should be 

 caution in its use, as it is far more powerful when fresh. 



A man was killed, in Boston, by taking a dose of 

 fresh, the apothecary not being aware that it was so 

 much stronger. 



Raspberry is a sedative as well as astringent ; it is a 

 valuable medicine in numerous cases. It is not very 

 powerful, but it is quite safe. 



American Valerian, or lady's slipper, (Cypripediu?n 

 pubescens,) is a valuable anodyne. There are several 

 varieties, but they (lifter very little in their virtues. 



Cayenne Pepper and Hot Drops are safe anodyms, 

 and though stimulant at first, become sedative. 



STIMULANTS AND CARMINATIVES. 



These medicines, which warm and excite to healthy 

 action those parts with which they come in contact, and 

 tend to prevent flatulency and colic, are often used with 

 the best success with purgatives, even in cases of inflam- 

 mation. Hence ginger or other stimulants are added to 

 aperient medicine, which greatly aid it in producing the 

 desired operation ; and hence the use of wine in low 

 fever. The success of a purgative often depends as 

 much on the stimulant accompanying it as on the med- 

 icine itself. 



Ardent Spirits. Among the stimulants 



