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SPIGEUA— PINK ROOT. 



EXTRACTUM SPIGELIAE ELUIDUM. 



Dose. — Matured dogs, 15 ms. to 2 drs. ; puppies up to 8 

 weeks old, 1 m. for each week of age. Should always be com- 

 bined with a brisk cathartic. The Fluid Extracts of spigelia and 

 senna combined make a most satisfactory anthelmintic for dogs. 



For round worms of dogs, the following is most effective : — 



R- Ext. Spigelian Fl. 



Ext. Senna: Fl. 



Syr. Aurantii Cort. 



Syr. Glycyrrhizae, aa. 5 ij. — 5 ss. 

 M. Sig. — One to four teaspoon fuls (according to size of the dog) 

 every other morning for three days. 



ASS.CA—ARBCA NUT. 



SEEDS OE ARECA CATECHU — BETEL NUT — ( Non-official ) . 



Constituents. — Contains a liquid alkaloid, arecoline, the com- 

 mercial salt of which is arecoune hydrobromate, occurring in 

 white crystals, soluble in alcohol and water. 



Dose. — Horse, hypodermatically, grs-. l / 2 to Ij^; cattle, V 2 

 to 2 grs. 



Uses. — As a quick acting cathartic and once daily in 1 or 1 ]/?. 

 gr. doses for horses suffering from L,aminitis. Always admin- 

 istered subcutaneously. 



Actions and Uses of Areca Nut.— Is astringent and an effec- 

 tive vermicide, especially, for dogs ; destructive to both tape and 

 round worms ; in horses and cattle it is not certain in its results. 



pulvis arecaE SEmina — Powdered Arecse Nut. 



Dose.—~Dog, 5 to 10 grs. for small dogs, and 15 grs. to 2 dr. 

 for large dogs; horses, 1 to i}4 ozs. For dogs the dose is about 

 2 grs. for each pound of the dog's weight, best administered in 

 milk. 



EXTRACTUM ARECAE SEMINA FEUIDUM. 



Dose.-^Same. 



For tape worms in dog. — (50 pound dog) : 



R- Chloroformi, m. xv. 



Pa-lvis arecse sera., 3 jss. 



Oleorefinae aspidii, m. xxx. 



Mucil. acaciae, 3 J- 



M. Sig. — Give at one dose. (Repeat in 48 hours.) Administer a lib- 

 eral dose of Castor oil before and after the above. 



