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These doses should be continued at least for two weeks, 

 stopping at that time for one week, and commence again 

 as before. This will insure safety, with the benefits of 

 the arsenic, in an improved condition in both wind and 

 body. In Switzerland, and other parts of the world, 

 arsenic is relied upon for the cure of heaves in the horse. 

 Fowler's Solution of Arsenic. — Made as ordered 

 by the colleges, contains four grains of arsenic, to the 

 ounce of the solution, or fluid. 



Asafoetida. — This is a gum-resin, having a smell like 

 onions. Asafoetida is a stimulant and vermifuge, and is 

 given to horses for loss of appetite, and to produce a 

 fine silken coat upon them. It is given to dogs, to 

 expel worms. Dose, for the horse and the cow, two 

 drachms, and for dogs, ten to twenty grains. 



Tincture. — Where the stimulant effect is wanted, the 

 tincture is a good form, and is given in about the same 

 doses as the gum, for all animals. 



Asarabacca, — This is used in horses, where matter 

 is lodged in the nares of the nose, and it is desirable that 

 it should be brought down, and also in sheep and calves, 

 with/aZ/na hroncliiy or worms in the air passages. For 

 horses, blow a drachm up each nostril, out of a cone of 

 paper, taking care that the person does not inhale it 

 himself. For a flock of sheep, or a number of calves, 

 confine them in a close shed, with sufficient air, and throw 

 a considerable quanity among them, so the animals will 

 inhale it. Sneezing and snorting take place, followed 

 by mucous, and small worms, from the nose. This action 

 is called errJiine. 



Astringents, — Medicines which are capable of dry- 

 ing up discharges, whether from the bowels, or from a 



