450 THE HORSE. 



Dissolve, and then add — 



Oil of Peppermint . . . .25 drops. 



Laudanum . . . . . ^ to 1 ounce. 



Mix, and give night and morning, if necessary. 



5. In Chronic Diarrhcea — 



Powdered Chalk and Gum Arabic, each 1 ounce. 

 Laudanum ..... ^ ounce. 



Peppermint Water' .... 10 ounces. 

 Mix, and give night and morning. 



6. In Colic — 



Spirit of Turpentine . . . 3h ounces. 



Laudanum . . . . • Ij ounce. 



Barbadoes Aloes .... 1 ounce. 

 Powder the Aloes, and dissolve in warm water ; then add the other 

 ingredients, and give as a drench. 



7. Clyster in Colic — 



Spirit of Turpentine . . .6 ounces. 



Aloes ... . . 2 drachms. 



Dissolve in 3 quarts of warm water, and stir the turpentine well into it. 



8. Antispasmodic Drench — 



Gin . . . . . . . 4 to 6 ounces. 



Tincture of Capsicum . . .2 drachms. 

 Laudanum . . . . .3 drachms. 



Warm Water . . . . • 1^ pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench, when there is no inflammation. 



[ANTISEPTICS. 



Antiseptics are those medicines which prevent and destroy 

 putrescence in sores and ulcers. 



1. Carbolic Acid* . . . . 1 drachm. 



Oil, Glycerine, or Water . . .2 ounces. 



* This substance, a product of gas tar, was formerly known to the scien- 

 tific world as Phenile or Phenic Acid, but is now generally known as Car- 

 bolic Acid. Its smell resembles that of Creosote, which is Carbolic Acid 

 and a fixed oil, and is very ofiTensive to most persons. Its form is that of 

 an acid solution though sometimes sold in crystals. Its great importance 

 is due to its property of coagulating the albumen of the animal tissue, and 

 hence its value in sores, wounds, and ulcers. It may be applied with safety 

 to all parts of the body or legs, and is invaluable for destroying lice, wood 

 ticks, and all forms of parasite life, and by merely washing or moistening 

 those parts of the legs and body of horses, cattle, and sheep, and chosen by 

 the bot, horse or other flies to deposit their eggs, their hatching or even 

 deposit may be prevented. 



As a disinfectant in stables and buildings affected with fevers and all 

 kinds of distempers, it was found extremely serviceable in England, in 

 checking the ravages of the Rinderpest by washing the floors and stalls ; and 

 adding a tablespoonful of the solution of the acid to a bucketful of water, in 

 whitewashing the walls and ceilings. — Editor. 



