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DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



AROMATICS AND STOMACHICS. 



Stomachics are soothing, emollient, warming, and 

 strengthening. They allay irritation in the bowels, 

 reduce soreness and tenderness, and they warm and 

 excite to action, the bowels, when in a torpor or dormant 

 condition. 



Powdered Caraway seeds are a good stomachic, but 

 not equal to ginger, excepting in cases of flatulency 

 Yet they may be used as an occasional change for gin- 

 ger. Dose, from half an ounce to two ounces. Like 

 ginger and other stomachics, it is often given in connec- 

 tion with other medicines, such as purgatives and astrin- 

 gents. 



Ginger is the best aromatic in the list of cordials. 

 Dose, from half a drachm to four drachms. Gentian is 

 an excellent stomachic and tonic, whether at the close 

 of illness, or as a remedy for chronic debility. The 

 dose varies from one to four drachms, and should be 

 almost invariably combined with ginger. 



The following is an excellent stomachic : — Powdered 

 ginger, half an ounce ; powdered gentian, one ounce ; 

 carbonate of ammonia, (volatile salts,) two drachms ; 

 infusion of camomile flowers, one pint. Mix for one 

 dose. 



Sage, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, and other aromatic 

 and warming teas, or essences, are good stomachics. 



TO STOP BLOOD. 



Cold water is often sufficient. Cobwebs applied to 

 the wound, are a still more powerful remedy ; so is a 

 strong alum water, or powdered alum. 



The soft, inner part of sole leather has a powerful 

 efTect in stopping blood. Scrape it fine, and apply it as 

 lint, or apply a soft piece to the ruptured vessel. 



Charcoal, in f ne powder or dust, is a good styptic ; so 

 is a puff-ball. A strong decoction of sweet apple-tree 

 bark has a very powerful effect in stopping blood, more 

 *o than most other styptics. 



