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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



a bread and milk poultice containing laudanum or extract of belladonna. 

 Give a powerful purgative, as the following : 



No. 154. 



6 to 8 Drops croton oil, 



4 to 6 Drachms powdered aloes. 



Dissolve in a pint and a half of water and give as a drench. If it 

 cannot be given by the mouth administer it through the nostrils by meana 

 of a stomach pump and the horse catheter, to be hereafter shown, i% 

 feeding ; or prepare the following, if the horse can swallow a ball : 



No. 155. 4 Drachms powdered aloes, 



4 Drachma extract of gentian, 

 1 Scruple croton farina. 

 Mix with linseed meal and molasses into a ball. 



Follow this up with three doses daily of anti-spasmodics, as, one to 

 two drachms belladonna, or one-half ounce chloral hydrate, or one-half 

 to one ounce dose of tincture of lobelia in a pint of water. Give by the 

 mouth if the animal can swallow ; if not, as an injection. Keep the 

 bowels open with one drachm podophyllin and two drachms extract of 

 belladonna, smeared on the back of the tongue. 



8LINQS FOR TBTANUS, OR FOR FRACTURED LIMB. 



If the animal can bear it, a thorough sweat with a blanket wrung J.ut 

 of hot water, and covered with dry blankets will do good. Feed with 

 aonrishiug gruels if the animal can swallow; if not, feed as next described. 



