66 SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



phate. — Occurs in bright green shining scales, freely soluble in 

 water. 



Dose. — Horse, i to 3 drs. ; sheep, 10 to 30 grs. ; pigs, 5 to 20 

 grs. ; puppies, y 2 to 3 grs. ; colts, 15 grs. to 1 dr. ; lambs, 2 to 10 

 grs. ; dogs, 5 to 10 grs. Most often prescribed in anaemic, rickety 

 young animals. 



FERRI PYROPHOSPHAS SOLUBILIS— Soluble Ferric 

 Pyrophosphate. — Occurs in transparent apple green scales, freely 

 soluble in water. 



The richness in iron of this salt makes it one of the best fer- 

 ruginous preparations. 



Dose.— y 2 that of the Phosphate. 



SYRUPUS FERRI, QUININM ET STRICHN.IN2E 

 PHOSPHATUM — Syrup of the Phosphates of Iron, Quinine 

 and Strychnine. — Contains 1-85 gr. of strychnine to 1 fluid 

 drachm of syrup, 1 2-3 grs. quinine and iy& of iron phosphate. 

 It is a very good general tonic for dogs and other animals. The 

 dose for dogs varies from y 2 to 2 drs. 



LIQUOR FERRI SUBSULPHATIS—Monsel's Solution. 

 — A solution of sulphate of iron, sulphuric and nitric acids. It 

 is an inodorous, syrupy liquid of a ruby red color, having an 

 extremely astringent taste, somewhat caustic and mixes with 

 water and alcohol in all proportions without decomposition. This 

 is used almost entirely for external use as an astringent or 

 styptic. 



FERRI SUBSULPHATIS—Monsel's Powder.— It is used 

 as- a styptic. 



Antagonists and Incompatibles.— -Iron is incompatible with 

 acids and acidulous salts and vegetable astringents. The tincture 

 of the chloride of iron can be combined with acids, but is incom- 

 patible with alkalies as lime-water and magnesia. 



Synergist. — All agents promoting constructive metamorpho- 

 sis are synergistic to iron; as food, the simple, aromatic, and as- 

 tringent bitters, cinchona, manganese, bismuth, etc. 



Physiological Actions. — Iron is not a foreign substance to 

 the organism, it is constantly present in the blood, gastric juice, 

 lymph, bile, pigment of the eye, and traces of it in the milk 

 and urine. In man there is 1 part of iron to 230 red blood cor- 



