TURPENTINE. 269 



(1.) Common Turpentine — Is the produce of the 

 pi7ius imhistris of North Carolina, and other states, and 

 also of Norway, and the north of Europe. The Pmus 

 sylvest7'is, or Scotch fir, yields considerable turpentine. 



(2.) Venice Turpentine — Is procured from the 

 Larix Europea. 



(3.) Canada Balsam. — This is procured from Abies 

 Bahamce, and is considered to be the purest of all the 

 turpentines'; hence it is called sometimes, the balsam of 

 Gilead. 



(4.) Frankincense. — This is the product from Nor- 

 way, and the north of Europe. This variety enters into 

 the composition of what is known as Burgundy Pitch, 

 and is used in veterinary practice for making adhesive 

 plasters for the loins of horses, having been sprained, or 

 having lumbago. 



(5.) Oil of Turpentine. — This is commonly called 

 the spirits of turpentine, and is used very largely in 

 horse and cattle diseases, both for internal administra- 

 tion and external application. 



Uses. — Oil of turpentine is a powerful stimulant, diu- 

 retic, and antispasmodic, and is therefore used in colic in 

 the horse, and in puerperal apoplexy in cows, and in gen- 

 eral debility in all animals, and as an external embroca- 

 tion, it is very efficient when combined with an equal 

 portion of sweet oil, but very dangerous ^when applied 

 to the skin of the horse alone. The horse will become 

 restless, and, in some cases, utterly unmanageable. 



Doses. — The doses of oil of turpentine for horses and 

 cows will be from one to two ounces always mixed with 

 its own bulk of oil, especially for horses. For dogs 

 affected with tape ^worm, half to one drachm is the dose, 

 mixed with the yolk of an egg. 



