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Dose. — For horses, 1 ounce or 4 tablespoonfuls; cattle, 1 

 ounce or 4 tablespoonfuls ; sheep, ^ ounce or 2 tablespoonfuls ; 

 pigs and dogs, ^ ounce or 1 tablespoonful. Mix in a pint of luke 

 warm water and give as a drench. For how often to g'we it refer 

 to the different diseases it is used in. This is a nieiluine tha' is 

 used a great deal in practice, as you will see all through the book, 

 and should be thoroughly understood. 



SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE. 



Spirits of Turpentine, also called Oil of Turpentine, is pot 

 from a tree. It is used in the form of a cleat, oily looking liquid 



Its Action and Use. — Internally for horses and cattle it is 

 used in one ounce or four tablespoonful doses mixed with a pint i>l 

 raw linseed oil in severe cases of acute indigestion and colic to re- 

 lieve the pain and gases; it is also used in this proportion for 

 killing the long round worms and bots in horses. For furthi! 

 particulars turn to bots and long round worms in horses anci 

 other diseases it is used in. Internally for sheep and pigs the dose 

 of turpentine is one-quarter of an ounce or one tab espoonlu! 

 mixed with half a pint of raw linseed oil. It is used for the sanitr 

 purposes as it is in horses and cattle. Outvvardl\ it is ustd toi 

 making liniments, and for how to use it refer to ihe receipts lo- 

 making white linement and acid liniments at the back of this book. 



SALTS. 



Salts are used in two forms, Epsom and Glober. Both kinds 

 are got from the mineral kingdom, and are in a wluu- crystal form 



EPSOM SALTS. 



Its Action and Use. — Its chief action is as a physic for cattle, 

 sheep and pigs, and is used to a great extent, as \ou will notice 

 on reading the treatment of the above mentioned animals. 

 Although salts is a good physic it should not be given to horses, 

 aloes being far the best physic for them. 



Dose. — Cattle take from one pound to one ami one-half 

 pounds dissolved in a quart of luke warm water with a la k'spoon- 

 ful each of ginger and common soda and given as a drenoii. This 

 physic takes twenty-four hours to operate on the bov\eK. It is 

 alway* best after giving a dose to wait twenty-four h>'ur.s 'or an 

 action before giving any more. Sheep and pigs take one-qiarter 

 of a pound dissolved in a pint of luke warm water vviiti a tea- 

 spoonful each of ginger and common soda and given as a drench. 



