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afterwards, as the state of the case may require, 

 and small doses of aloes from one to two drachms, 

 given daily, have been found the most successful 

 remedies in inflammation of the lungs. Drastic 

 purgatives should be avoided, as they increase the 

 irritation, and put the life of the horse in extreme 

 hazard. 



it has been stated above, that the disease of 

 animals difl^er as much as their anatomy and phys- 

 iology. The specilic etfect of medicine upon 

 different animals is no less various than their struc 

 rure and diseases. 



Glauber's salts in doses of one pound operate 

 on the ox as a cathartic, but on the horse they op- 

 erate as a diuretic. Castor oil does not operate 

 on the horse as a purgative, any more than train 

 oil or any other oil. 



Opium does not produce its specific effect upon 

 the horse. It operates merely as an astringent. 

 It has no anodyne effect, as it has upon man. It 

 will not mitigate pain. It is unfortunate that most 

 writers on the veterinacy art have copied from 

 each other, and have recommended medicines for 

 the horse which ai'e known to be useful to men. 

 Thus calomel, rhubarb and colocynth, have been 

 recommended as purgatives for horses, whereas 

 they are now known to have no such affect on that 

 animal. 



Bark produces no sensible effect upon the horse. 



There are no medicines that operate on the horse 

 as ipecacuanha and tartar emetic do upon the hu- 

 man subject. 



Tartar emetic in doses of four ounces will some-^ 

 times occasidYi a little nausea and purging, but in 

 smaller doses it has no sensible effect. \o pre- 



