CHAPTER XTT 



KEDICIZrES. 

 WhMi :o Eaep, Karw to Obcain. Hov to Prepare, And Hoir to Oire The 



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xn. maxTLAjrrs xvn. toxics. xthl 



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Lt IB Bot ■ ettWMiy tliat erexj fain iK r diould keep a large quantftr of 

 on band. A few sim^es will suffice, except in the case of 

 wko, hsriii^ a l>ig<e £tock of airimaJf;, require medidDes to meet 

 CMea apt to arise. The great point we hare inasted on, and here reiter- 

 ate, is good care and attention, in health, and good nursing in sickness, 

 as being nuet impovtsBt m the care of farm animals. The day has psLSt 

 for b i ecdiu g and pn;^!^ for ererj ill that eren horse flesh is heir to. 

 Good Tgng, attention to the general bealth, and to symptoms, with the 

 preacriptioBS we hare ^ea, will enaUe xnj one to carry an animal 

 thiungh an otdiuaiy flidkoeas. 



Ercrjr penon who has ear^dlj' 8tn£ed this work will see the necessity 

 of keepii^ some medicines on hand, nnee there is no reason why, with 

 the aid of what we hare presented, he may not be able to treat nine in 

 ten of the d ineai i es to which faum •«itwaU a^e subject, and without the 

 aid of a professed Teterinazj smgeon. The totj foil ^oesary which will 

 be foond as a part of this work, dioold be consulted for medical terms 

 «wd when the definition does not imme£ately follow the use of the term. 

 In naming the medicines and their effects in thi£ chapter we shall give 

 defiaitions tbat may be found in the ^ossary, since in the division of th* 

 anbfect of me d icines it scans proper that we should follow the nrie 

 • ^ npted of defining the ™*i«"«wg of terms in the body of the work. The 

 iTperstions of mfdirine may be defined as follows : 



I. Alteratzrea. 

 Mfrfifi ii fs acting genially and continually on the system, especially on 

 *^ blood and gtandnb i r sjatem. Among the alteratives are, antimony. 



