100 GENERAL THERAPEUTICS FOR VETERINARIANS 



antispasmodic in eclampsia, tetanus, strychnine poisoning, and 

 prolapse of the uterus and rectum; local anaesthetic. Dose by- 

 inhalation for horses, 50-150, §iss to 5 v. Ethyl bromide is also 

 recommended for inhalation narcosis. 



4. Chloralum hydratum. Chloral hydrate. A valuable nar- 

 cotic in operations on horses; given before casting in the form of 

 clysters (75-125, §ijss to 5jv, in warm, mucilaginous fluid). 

 Hypnotic and sedative in all conditions of psychic excitation and 

 painful affections. Specific antidote against strychnine tetanus; 

 antispasmodic in tetanus, eclampsia, convulsions of canine dis- 

 temper and straining after prolapses. Single doses for horses and 

 cattle, 25-50, 5vj to xij; dogs, 0.5 to 5, grs. vij to 5i; sheep, goats 

 and swine, 2-5, 5 ss to i ; cats and fowl, 0.25-2, grs. iij to xxx. Chlor- 

 alformamidum, *acetal, *somnal, *bromal hydrate, butyl-chloral 

 and many other new preparations are recommended as substitutes 

 for chloral. 



5. MiheT. Ether. In large doses, a narcotic for operations, 

 frequently in combination with chloroform. An antispasmodic 

 in spasmodic colic and a local anaesthetic. Dose for cats as an 

 inhalation narcotic, 20-30, 5v to 5i. As an antispasmodic, in- 

 ternally, for horses and cattle, 25-50, 3 vj to xij ; dogs, 2-5, 3ss to i. 

 Alcohol in large doses is also used as a sedative in prolapse of 

 the uterus and rectum. Horses and cattle receive 500-1000, 

 Oi to ij, of spiritus vini gaUici (brandy) [or one-half to one pint 

 of alcohol]. 



6. Cocainae hydrochloridimi. The most valuable local anaes- 

 thetic, especially in the treatment of the eye; also a local anaes- 

 thetic in operations (Schleich's endermatic method and subcuta- 

 neously), and an unexcelled agent in the diagnosis of lameness in 

 the horse (0.2, grs. iij, subcutaneously over the nerves on the inside 

 and outside of the fetlock joint, etc., at the place for neurectomy). 

 As substitutes for cocaine, the following have been reconmiended: 

 •adrenalin, *novocaine, *anaesthesin, *alypin, *stovain, *pro- 

 paesin, *subcutin, *zycloform, *orthoform, *eucaine, *acoine, 

 *holocain, *nirvamn, *tropacocaine and others, but they are not 

 necessary in veterinary medicine. 



