IDO PHARMACOP(EIA. 



No. 2. Opium and balsam of toliij of each 



one dram. 

 Camphor, one dram ?L"nd a half. 



Castile soap, two drams. 

 To be made into a ball for one dose. 

 No. 3. Opium, two scruples, 



Russia castor, two drams. 



To be mixed with peppermint water, 



eight ounces. 

 To this add expeditiously, of ether,, 

 six drams. 

 This drench must be given with great ex- 

 pedition, as the ether evaporates in the com- 

 mon temperature of the atmosphere. The 

 eftects of henbane, hemlock, and other nar- 

 cotics are very uncertain, and cannot be de- 

 pended upon. 



ANTISEPTICS. This term is applied 

 to medicines that correct or prevent pu- 

 tridity. 



The only occasion, nearly, on which they 

 are required in veterinary practice is, when 

 wounds or bruises shew a tendency to gan- 

 grene, or mortification 5 discharging an offen- 

 sive, ill-looking matter. (See Antiseptics, 

 Materia MedicaJ 



Antiseptics are employed also externally. 

 (See Poultice and Fomentation.) 



