68 GENERAL ACTIONS OF DRUGS 



Anthelmintics inimical to tcenia are : 



Aspidium (horse and dog) Calomel 



Oil of turpentine Arsenic 



Kousso Aloes 



Aloes 1 A "fi • 1 * 



Areca nut (sheep and lambs) Linseed, cotton- 1 of^^ead^naS^ 

 Pumpkin seed seed or castor J ^.^^^ 



Anthelmintics destroying ascarides: 



. Tonics 



HORSES. 



Creolin Iron 



Aloes Gentian 



Oil of tmpentine Arsenic 



. Arsenic Copper sulphate 

 Calomel 



DOGS. 



Areca nut Spigelia 



Santonin 



Anthelmintics killing oxyiirides. 



Rectal injections containing salt, solution of lime, 

 quassia, iron salts, alum and oil of turpentine are used to 

 destroy these parasites infesting the lower bowel. 



Anthelmintics destroying oestri equi (" Bots "). 



Carbon disulphide Hydrochloric acid ] 



Chloroform Bitters 



Iron )■ Tonics 



Arsenic 



Copper sulphate 



Vermifuges are purgatives (as aloes and oil) used to 

 expel dead parasites from the bowels after the administra- 

 tion of anthelmintics. 



Parasiticides, or antiparasitics, are drugs which destroy 

 parasites, more especially those inhabiting the skin. We 

 may classify them as those used : 



(1) Against Tinea (Ringworm and Favus). 



Mercurial ointments Creosote 



Tincture of iodine Chrysarobin ointment 



Glycerite of carbolic acid Cantharides 



Creolin Croton oil 



