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and may be given with milk quite freely. Carron oil (lime- 

 water and linseed oil in equal parts) is an old and useful appli- 

 cation for burns. Whitewashing is a satisfactory method of 

 disinfecting and cleaning up outbuildings, including stables. 

 For this purpose, fresh chlorid of lime, one half pound to the 

 gallon may be added with advantage. 



Sodium chlorid (common salt). — Common salt is an essential 

 article of food, restorative, and antiseptic. Very large doses 

 are cathartic and more or less irritating. It is useful as a 

 throat wash, diluted to 5 per cent solution in w^ater. As normal 

 salt solution (about one tablespoonful to one gallon of water), it 

 is an ideal preparation for mechanical cleaning of sensitive sur- 

 faces and cavities, e.g., eye, vagina or uterus. For any such 

 purpose it is a good cleanser and less irritating than plain 

 water. 



Sodium hyposulphite and sodium sulphite. — These are anti- 

 septic and deodorant ; and especially valuable for internal ad- 

 ministration, to check fermentation and septic processes in the 

 stomach and intestines, and are therefore valuable in conditions 

 of diarrhea, indigestions, and hoven or bloat. Both the sulphite 

 and the hyposulphite are readily soluble in water and are not 

 likely to do any harm. 



Doses. — Horses and cattle take 8 to 10 oz. ; of the sulphite 

 sheep and swine take 4 to 8 drams. The doses of hyposulphite 

 are about half as large as for the sulphite. These doses are to 

 be given as drenches, well diluted, and repeated three times 

 daily. Smaller doses may be given every half hour in cases of 

 bloat. 



