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have shown that cactin is not a cardiac stimulant and is consequently 

 superfluous. 



In veterinary medicine the use of the above treatment is confined 

 to the surgery upon the dog and it has been found that it is not neces- 

 sary to give several small repeated doses, but that one full dose may 

 be given at one time, thirty to forty minutes before operating, in 

 which case it will frequently produce suflicient anesthesia for ordinary 

 operations or may be supplemented with a small amount of ether. 

 Some writers believe that the combination is superior to morphine 

 alone and some think that morphine is just as good. At any rate 

 there is not the decided hypnotic action seen in the domestic animals 

 as in man. 



STRAMONIUM 



Synonyms. Thornapple, Jamestown or Jimson Weed 



Parts Used. The leaves and seeds of Datura Stramonium or 

 Datura tatula. 



Active Constituents. Stramonium contains an alkaloid, datur- 

 ine, which exists as a combination of atropine and hyoscyamine. 



Preparations and Doses. 



Fluidextradum Stramonii (seeds). H. TT\, xv — 5]ss; 1 — 6. 



D. ni ss— iij ; 0.03—0.2. 

 Tindura Stramonii (seeds). D. TTL ij — xx; 0.13 — 1.3. 

 Extraetum Stramonii (seeds). H. grs. v — x; 0.3 — :0.6. D. 



grs. %— %; 0.008—0.016. 

 Stramonii folia. H. 3ss — ij ; 2. — 8. D. grs. j — iv ; 0.065 — 



0,3. 



The action and uses of stramonium are practically identical with 

 those of belladonna. It is especially valuable in asthma of dogs and 

 heaves of horses. In the former case, the leaves may be burned in 

 the room, and will often prove of much benefit. It is often preferred 

 by horse dealers to belladonna for heaves in horses. For this pur- 

 pose it may be combined with lobelia and followed by Fowler's Solu- 

 tion of arsenic. Animals are occasionally poisoned by eating thorn- 

 apple. In this case the treatment is the same as in belladonna poison- 

 ing. 



Scapola Atropoides. This drug contains hyoscyamine and sca- 

 polamine, which is identical with hyoscine. The action and uses are 

 similar to those of hyoscyamus, over which it has no advantages. 

 The other members of the group are of no importance. 



U Aloes 3 v-viij 



Hydrargyri Chi. Mitis 3 ss 



Ext. Belladonnse grs. xx 



Pulv. Zingiberis ^ i 



Excipient q. s. 



M. Ft. Bolus. Purgative for horse. 



