224 SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



Composition : — 



Each Compound cathartic pill contains ; — 



Compound extract colocynth grs. ij4 



Calomel grs. i 



Extract Jalap grs. J4 



Gamboge grs. J4 



Each Vegetable cathartic pill contains ; — 



Compound extract colocynth grs. I 



Extract of Hyoscyamus grs. y 2 



Extract of Jalap grs. y 2 



Extract of Leptandra grs. y 



Extract of Podophyllum grs. % 



Oil of Peppermint grs. % 



HYDRAGOGUE CATHARTICS. 

 CAMBOGIA— GAMBOGE. 



Is dangerous, should be used only for cattle if used at all. It 

 is a gum resin. 



Dose for cattle, % to i oz., y 2 oz. should rarely be exceeded, 

 is very irritating and apt to cause superpurgation. Best rubbed 

 up with water and given in combination with sulphate of soda or 

 magnesia and carnimatives. 



OLEUM TIGLII— Ci?0 TON-OIL. 



A fixed oil expressed from the seeds of croton tiglium. 



Dose. — Horse, 10 to 25 ms. ; cattle, y> to 1 dr. ; sheep and 

 swine, 5 to 10 ms. dog, y 2 to 3 ms., administered in a liberal 

 quantity of oil ; croton-oil is a viscid, amber colored liquid, nause- 

 ous odor and acrid taste. 



Physiological Actions. — Is a powerful irritant, vesicant and 

 pustulant, is a drastic hyragogue cathartic; full doses cause 

 gastro-enteritis and much prostration ; undiluted it seriously and 

 deeply inflames the skin, causing severe blemishes and by absorp- 

 tion may cause fever and superpurgation. 



