220 HORSE AND QATTLE MEDICINES. 



Borax — Or Biborate of Soda. A good application 

 for ringworm, for which purpose dissolve half an ounce of 

 borax in eight ounces of water. 



Bromide of Potassium. — Use. For arresting the 

 growth of fibrous tumors which are so often met with 

 in all animals. Doses, For horses and cattle, from one 

 to three drachms, and for dogs, five to ten grains, re- 

 peated three times in the day, for a considerable period. 



Buckthorn. — A sirup is made of the berries, and 

 kept in the drug stores, and is reccommended as a mild 

 purgative in dogs having distemper. 



Calamine. — An impure carbonate of zinc. Oxide of 

 zinc should be used or substituted for it. Used in the 

 healing of wounds, both in powder and ointment. 



Calcium, or ftuicklime. — Use. Lime is used in 

 indigestion and acidity in all animals, and in tympani- 

 tis in the horse, and hoven in cattle, and in the form of 

 lime water, and mixed with linseed oil in equal quantities 

 makes the celebrated carron oil, so called from its constant 

 use among the men employed in the carron iron works, 

 when any of them get burnt. Lime water and calomel 

 makes the yellow wash, and corrosive sublimate, and 

 lime water, make the black wash, so highly recommended 

 in unhealthy, and in ill-conditioned ulcers and sores. 

 It is used for a disinfectant in stables and barns. Dose, 

 Quick lime is given to horses and cattle, in from one 

 to two drachms. Lime water is given in five ounce 

 doses to horses and cattle. For calves with diarrhoea, 

 two ounces of lime water, a drachm of powdered gentian 

 root, and from three to five drops of the tincture of 

 aconite root, given three times a day, is an excellent 

 remedy. 



