248 HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. 



Logwood Chips two ounces, boiling water one pint, 

 allowing it to stand till cold, then strain through cloth, 

 or a fine sieve. 



Dose. — For horses and cows, this quantity will make 

 one dose. For calves with scours, one to three ounces 

 will be the dose, and repeating it if the case demands it. 

 A safe remedy, and cheap. 



Lunar Caustic. — (See Silver.) 



Lupuline. — The Hop. — Makes a good poultice, ap- 

 plied to the udders of cows, when lumpy, hard, and for 

 hastening the suppurative process. 



Lytta-Cantharides. — (See Spanish Fly.) 



Magnesia — Oxide of Magnesium. — Used sometimes 

 in young foals and calves, when they have no appetite. 

 A good antidote for arsenical poisoning. 



Dose. — For these animals, two drachms to six is the 

 dose, and a little ginger should be added to it to prevent 

 griping. 



(1.) Carbonate of Magnesia — Magnesia Alba. — The 

 action of this is similar to the preceding. 



(2.) Sulphate of Magnesia. — (See Epsom Salts.) 



Manganese. — A metal used as a disinfectant, in 

 combination with some one of the mineral acids. For 

 the way to use it, (See Disinfectants.) 



Marsh Mallow. — The Root of Althea Officinalis » 

 Used in the form of an ointment, but not of much utility» 



