234 HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. 



Essential Oils.— (See Oils.) 



Ether. — Sulphuric Ether. — This is a valuable article 

 of the veterinary materia medica, and is used in diseases 

 of all the animals. 



Use. It is used as a stimulant, and given in weak- 

 ness, fevers, and in colic,, as an antispasmodic. Ether is 

 scarcely strong enough to produce anasthoesia in horses 

 and cattle. Dose. — For horses and cattle, one to two 

 ounces is the dose as a stimulant, and antispasmodic. 

 Ether should be given in cold water, to prevent its volatili- 

 zation on its exposure to the air. Twice its own volume 

 of alcohol added to it makes the spirit of sulphuric 

 ether. 



Euphorbium. — A resinous juice, expressed from a 

 cactus like vegetable which grows in Morocco. 



Use. — This is only used for external purposes and 

 is among the very few articles in veterinary medicines, 

 capable of blistering the thick skin of the ox. 



Expectorants. — This is a class of useful medicines, 

 which cause a separation of the mucous from the throat, 

 and air passages, thereby relieving cough and other 

 symptoms usually attendant upon throat diseases. 



Febrifuges. — Medicines capable of relieving fever. 



Fenugreec. — The seeds of this annual plant, found 

 growing in the south of Europe, is a useful cattle medi- 

 cine, given in one ounce doses for loss, of appetite, ej)he- 

 meral fevers, etc. It is usually, however, combined with 

 ginger, gentian, and other medicines of that class. 



Fern. — The Male. — Aspidium Felix Mas. 



Use. — Given to animals affected with worms. A good 

 remedy. 



