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Class 2. Drastic Purgatives. — Croton Oil, Scammony, Jalap, Gam- 

 boge, Elaterin, Colocynth. 

 Class 3. Chologogue Purgatives. — Podophyllum, Podophyllin. 

 Section XII. — Tannic Acid and Drugs containing it. 



Nutgall, Tannic Acid, Gallic Acid, Pyrogallol, White Oak, 

 Catechu, Kino, Krameria, Haemotoxylon, Hamamelis. 



Section XIII. — Vegetable Demulcents. 



Olive Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Soap, Soft Soap, Glycerin, Linseed, 

 Acacia, Tragacanth, Althaea, Sugar. 



Section XIV. — Vegetable Drugs killing Parasites. 



Class 1. Used to destroy tape worms : Aspidium, Areca Nut, 



Kamala, Kouso, Granatum. 

 Class 2. Used to destroy round worms : Santonica. . 

 Class 3. Used to destroy oxyurides: Quassia. 

 Class 4. Used to destroy lice: Stavesacre. 

 Class 5. Used to destroy fleas: Pyrethrum. 



Section XV.— Vegetable Drugs stimulating unstriated muscle, par- 

 ticularly of the uterus. 



Ergot, Cotton Root Bark. 

 Section XVI. — Colchicum. 

 Section XVII. — Vegetable Drugs acting mechanically. 



Starch, Oil of Theobroma, Purified Cotton, Pyroxylin, Collodion, 

 Euphorbium. 

 Section XVIII.— Medicinal Agents of Animal Origin. 



Cantharides, Lard, Suet, Hydrous Wool Fat, Yellow and White 

 Wax, Spermaceti, Honey, Milk, Sugar, Pepsin, Pancreatin, 

 Ox Gall, Papain, Cod Liver Oil, Ichthyol, Thiol. 



NOTE. 



ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REFERENCE TO THE SYNONYMS IN THE 

 DfesCRIPTIONS OF DRUGS. 



B. P. . . British Pharmacopoeia. 



E English. 



P. G. ...German Pharmacopoeia. 



Fr French. 



G German. 



Three doses of each medicine are usually given; one for horses and 

 cattle; one for sheep and swine, and one for cats and dogs, unless 

 otherwise specified. The quantities are expressed in units of the Apothe- 

 caries' Weight or Wine Measure and also in the metric system. The 



