60 MATERIA MEDICA. 



Grains of Paradise will be noticed in its pro- 

 per place. 



CARDIACS. (See Cordials, Fharvi, and 

 Mat. Med,) 



CARBONIC ACID AIR, or Fired Air. 

 In medical practice this air has been employ- 

 ed on account of its antiseptic quality, in 

 foul and foetid ulcers, or in gangrenous 

 wounds. It is generally applied by means 

 of a fermenting poultice, composed of oat- 

 meal and yeast. This poultice has been 

 found serviceable in that disease of the 

 horse's heels termed grease, generally cor- 

 recting the offensive smell which attends it. 



CARROTS, are sometimes used as an 

 article of diet, and may be given in moderate 

 quantity, with great advantage, to horses 

 that are thick winded, have coughs, or are 

 disposed to inflammatory complaints, such 

 as grease, inflamed eyes, &c. They ap- 

 pear to be easy of digestion, and very nu- 

 tritions. 



CASSIA. A bark, somewhat like cinna- 

 mon botii in appearance and taste, but 

 thicker and larQ;er. There are som<3 flne 

 pieces of cassia which so nearly resemble 



