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helonias diocia, savine, in small doses, local astringents, cimici- 

 fuga, electricity, etc. 



On Mammary Glands. — Galactagogues increase lacteal se- 

 cretion. Jaborandi is the best, castor-oil locally, potassium chlor- 

 ate, milk, beer, tonics, massage, etc., act beneficially. 



Galactophyga, arrest secretion of milk. The best is bella- 

 donna or atropine internally and externally, spirits of camphor 

 locally, potassium iodide, tannin, etc., but do not use belladonna 

 both internally and externally at the same time on a dog, as a dog's 

 skin absorbs too readily. 



REMEDIES ACTING ON TISSUE CHANGES 



Include restoratives, tonics, hsematinics, alteratives, antipy- 

 retics, antiphlogistics, deobstruents and resolvents. 



Restoratives. — Promote constructive metamorphosis and in- 

 clude food, water, stimulants and the different classes of tonics; 

 they also prevent rapid waste. 



Hazmatinics or Blood Tonics. — Increase the quantity of 

 hsematin or coloring matter in the blood, enrich its red cor- 

 puscles and thus restore the quality of the blood; the iron and 

 manganese compounds are chiefly used for - this purpose. 



Alteratives. — Are medicines which alter the process of nu- 

 trition and excretion, restoring the normal functions of an organ, 

 or of the system ; mercury, iodine and arsenic are the principal 

 alteratives. 



Deobstruents. — Drugs which remove functional obstruction 

 from the body, as the purgatives. 



Resolvents or Discutients. — Are agents which cause the solu- 

 tion, absorption and elimination of morbid products by stimulat- 

 ing the lymphatic system; these are properly a subdivision of 

 alteratives. 



Antipyretics. — Are agents which reduce high temperature of 

 the blood, either by controlling oxidation or increasing the loss of 

 heat. 



