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sable one. The days are past when emetic, tartar, nitre 

 and digitalis were the remedies used in all cases of inflam- 

 mation, irritation and fever. This formula has deceived 

 many a man, and has been the means whereby many 

 thousands of valuable animals have been lost by trifling 

 with remedies in use half a century ago. Wherever 

 nitre is indicated, I use i\Q sulphite of soda, and I have 

 no cause to regret the change. A bundle of fresh cut 

 grass given to a horse, will have a better, and more 

 soothing effect than nitre ; when given in any disease, 

 nitre should be left to fulfil its destiny by making gun- 

 powder to liberate the toiling millions of other lands from 

 the hands of the despot and the oppressor. 



Nux Vomica. — Strychnos Nxix Vomica. — An active 

 poison in large doses, but a valuable agent in the cure of 

 diseases in all animals. The powdered nut is uncertain 

 in its effects, therefore the tincture, and the alkaloid 

 should only be used. 



Use. — A nervine, and used when the nerves are de- 

 pressed and weak, just as aconite is used when the nerves 

 are strong and excited. The one medicine is used in 

 depression, and the other in diseases with exalted symp- 

 toms. Paralysis or palsy is the loss of power in the 

 motor nerves of the part affected. Therefore, nux vom- 

 ica is indicated, in twitching of the muscles of all ani- 

 mals, and in glass eye, in the horse depending upon the 

 want of nervous energy in the optic, or nerve of vision. 



Tincture — Doses of. — For horses and cattle, the dose 

 is from ten to twenty drops, repeated three to four times 

 in the day. 



Strychnine — Dose. — For horses and cattle, the dose 

 is one grain, given once a day, gradually increasing the 

 dose till three grains are given in the day. To get full 



