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132 SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



CALX CHLORATA— CHLORINATED LIMB. 



Synonym — Chloride of Lime. — Bleaching powder, is used 

 almost entirely as a deodorizer and disinfectant, is very good 

 for destroying foul odors ; occurs as a grayish white substance, 

 in powder or friable lumps, should contain at least 35 per cent 

 of chlorine, and should be sprinkled around on barn floors 

 where there has been any disease or dead animals. 



ACIDUM CARBOUCUM— CARBOLIC ACID. 



Synonyms. — Acidum Phenicum. — Phenic Acid — Phenol — Is 

 the product of the distillation of coal-tar ; occurs either in acicular 

 crystals or in crystalline masses, white or colorless when perfectly 

 pure, but when slightly impure, either reddish or becoming so by 

 exposure ; deliquescent and readily assuming the liquid state in the 

 presence of a little water (5%), yet not dissolving, of a strong 

 odor and taste, is soluble in 15 to 33 parts of water, the purest 

 being most soluble ; alcohol, ether, chloroform, glycerin and the 

 essential and fatty oils dissolve it freely. Faintly acid reaction. 



Dose.^-Horse, 10 to 40 grs. ; sheep and pigs, 5 to 10 grs. ; 

 dogs, 2 V to 1 gr., well diluted. 



Preparations. — There is a glycerite, strength 20%, and an 

 ointment of carbolic acid, strength 5 per cent, used for external 

 purposes. 



acidum carbolicum crudum — Crude Carbolic Acid. — 

 Usually of a brownish color, used entirely as a disinfectant and 

 deodorizer for privy vaults, stables, to wash walls (1 in 20), etc., 

 after glanders and other contagious diseases. 



creosotum— Creosote. 



Composition. — Creosote contains a mixture of phenols, chiefly 

 guaiaco! and cresol. It is very similar to carbolic acid, but is not 

 as powerful a toxic agent; used in human practice internally; it 

 is not so irritating; dose about one-third more than carbolic 

 acid ; given well diluted. Carbolic is made from coal-tar, and 

 creosote from wood-tar, the best from beech-wood. 



Actions of Carbolic Acid. — Large and undiluted doses are ir- 

 ritant and narcotic poison ; it is used as an antiseptic, parasiticide, 



