184 DEPRESSANTS TO PERIPHERAL NERVES 



Purgative for Dog. 



I^ Aloini gr. %-% 



Cascarini gr. %-% 



Podophyllini gr. 1/12-1/6 



Ext. Belladonnse gr. Vs 



or Atropinse Sulph gr. 1/500 



Excipient q. s. 

 M. Ft. Pilula. 



Cough. Horse. 



^ Pulv. Belladonnse Foliorum. 



Ammonii Chloridi aa 3 j 



Camphorse 3 ss 



M. Ft. Pulveris. 



Sig. One powder two or three times daily. 



For Mastitis 



IJ Extract! Belladonnse Foliorum S ss 



Glycerin! S iv 



Linimenti Saponis 5 vj 



M. Ft. Linimentum. 



Sig. Apply as directed. 



Heaves. 



5 Liquor Potassii Arsenitis S xij 



Fluidextracti Lobelise 3 ij 



Fluidextracti Stramonii 5 ij 



M. Ft. Solutio. 



Sig. One-half ounce three times daily. 



Edema of Lungs. Horse. 



B Strychninse Sulphatis. 



Atropine Sulphatis aa gr. ss 



Aquae Destillatse q. s ad. 3 ijss 



M. Ft. Solutio. 



Sig. For hypodermic injection. 



Homatropine Bromide, U. S. P., is the bromide of an artificial 

 alkaloid closely allied to atropine (tropins). It is soluble in 5.7 

 parts of water and is used entirely for its action upon the eye. Its 

 chief advantage over atropine is that it is more rapid but less per- 

 sistent in action and is therefore to be preferred for examination of 

 the eye, but not vfhere continuous action is desired, as in inflamma- 

 tory conditions of the eye. 



Euphthalmine is an artificial alkaloid of eiicaine; it is used en- 

 tirely as a mydriatic. 



LOCAL ANESTHETICS 



Drugs applied locally may lessen or destroy sensibility by a 

 specific action on the sensory nerves, or by intense cold produced by 

 their evaporation, as in case of ether or ethyl chloride. Some drugs 



