ESSENTIAL OILS— ETHIOPS MINERAL. 83 



mosphere ; it must be given, therefore, with 

 great expedition, or a considerable part of 

 the dose will be lost by evaporation. It is 

 a powerful antispasmodic, and may be given 

 with advantage in obstinate cases of flatu- 

 lent cholic, and other spasmodic complaints. 

 On some occasions it is joined with tincture 

 of opium, or camphor, with good effect. 



The dose is about one ounce, which 

 should be mixed with a pint of water. 



The high price of Ether prevents its being 

 much used in veterinary medicine. It is a 

 powerful remedy, however, when properly 

 applied ; and may be considered as an im- 

 portant medicine. 



ETHIOPS MINERAL, or Sulphurated 

 Quicksilver. A preparation made by rub- 

 bing equal parts of quicksilver and flower 

 of sulphur together, until the mixture be- 

 comes black, and the quicksilver invisible. 



Ethiop-s Mineral was formerly considered 

 a very useful medicine; capable of destroy- 

 ing worms, and curing chronic eruptions, 

 and other diseases of the skin. At present 

 it does not appear to be valued much by 

 physicians for any purpose; but whatever 

 its virtues may be in the human body, it is 



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