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Sulphur. Combined with the previous drug in milk powders. 

 Dose for cows, 2-5, 3ss to j; goats, 0.5-1, grs. vij to xv. 



3. Anisum, foeniculum, carum, *jumperus. Empirical galacta- 

 gogues in different milk defects. Dose for cattle, 25-50, 3vj to 

 xii; goats, 2-5, 5ss to j. 



4. Sodii chloridum, sodii bicarbonas. Sodium chloride, 

 sodium bicarbonate. Galactagogues in all milk defects, the latter 

 especially in premature curdling; usually combined with those 

 previously mentioned. Dose for cattle, 50-100, 5 iss to iij ; goats, 

 5-10, 5i to ijss. 



5. DRUGS THAT DEPRESS MILK SECRETION 

 ANTIGALACTAGOGUES 

 Synonyms: AntigaJactics, lactifuges, alactics. 



Actions and Uses. — An excessive production of milk occurs in 

 some animals, especially non-pregnant bitches in oestrum, which at 

 times requires therapeutic interference. A cessation of the milk 

 flow may be desired in cows for purely economical reasons, as when 

 the animal is to be fattened for the butcher. Artificial reduction 

 of the milk secretion also becomes necessary in mares and bitches 

 when lactation persists after the death or removal of their offspring. 

 As antigalactagogues, laxatives, potassium iodide, tannin and alum 

 may be tried, in addition to reducing the feed and gradually 

 increasing the intervals between milking and finally stopping. 

 Local applications of oil of rosemary or oil of hemp to the udder are 

 also recommended for cattle. The action in the first case is an 

 inhibitory effect upon the secretion and in the latter probably a 

 derivative effect (see p. 124). 



Drug. — ^Potassii iodidum. Dose for horses and cattle, 5-15, 

 5i to iv; dogs, 0.25-0.5, grs. iv to vij. 



