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sometimes employ tar as a remedy for cough, 

 but it more frequently aggrax-ates than re- 

 lieves the complaint. (See also, Barhadoes 

 Ta}\) 



TARTAR. An acid substance, found 

 aboutthe sides and bottomsof casks in which 

 wine is fermented , when purified, it is term- 

 ed chrvstals, or cream of tartar. Farriers 

 generally employ it in their purging medi- 

 cines, upon the authority of some old wri- 

 ters, who supposed it to have the property 

 of correcting: aloes, but in the horse it is a 

 very inert medicine, and in my opinion, of 



very little use. 



TARTAR EMETIC-(Seei:??zd/6-7anVr.) 



TARTARIZED ANTIMONY. (See 

 Emetic Tartar.) 



TARTAR SOLUBLE, or Tartarized 

 Kali. A neutral salt, not used in veterinary 



mediciiie. 



TARTAR, VITRIOLATED. A neutral 

 salt, not adapted to veterinan* purposes. 



TIN. This metal is a o-ood antlreimintic 

 in dogs, and though not. employed in veteri- 

 nary practice, appears to be worth a trial. I 

 have seen great numbers of worms discharg-- 

 €d from dogs, by giving filings or scrapings 



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