242 SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



GLYCYRRHIZA— LICORICE ROOT. 



The powdered licorice root is used or the 

 Sxtractum glycyrrhizae fluidum — Fluid Extract of Gly- 

 cyrrhisa 



Dose of Either. — Dogs, i to 2 drs. ; horse, 1 to 2 ozs. 



mistura glycyrrhizae composita — Compound Licorice 

 Mixture. — Commonly known as Brown Mixture, a nice expect- 

 orant, containing paregoric, wine of antimony, gum arabic and 

 spts. of nitrous ether. This mixture is very useful in dog prac- 

 tice. Quinine, ammonium carb. or chloride, etc., may be added 

 as indicated for coughs, pneumonia and bronchitis. 



Dose. — Dogs, 1 dr. to J4 oz. 



Actions and Uses. — The remedies of this group contain 

 mucilaginous constiuents on which their properties depend ; they 

 are used as protectives in gastro-intestinal disorders or for ex- 

 coriated surfaces, and as expectorants in bronchial affections, 

 (Licorice.) and as vehicles for acrid, irritating or insoluble drugs. 



POULTICES OR CATAPLASMS. 



Materials most frequently used for poultices are first and 

 best, flaxseed meal; then powdered slippery elm bark, bran and 

 dried hops. For poultices of linseed meal pour on hot water 

 sufficient to make a paste, repeat poultice every 2 or 3 hours ; use 

 antiseptics in poultices as a sol. of bichloride of mercury when 

 applied over a wound, for mud fever or grease heel, powder top 

 of poultice with charcoal. 



Actions and Uses. — Used to apply continuous heat and moist- 

 ure, and to soften, soothe and relax the tissues ; they dilate the 

 blood vessels and thus allow the blood to flow on, relieving pres- 

 sure and pain. If used early in the inflammatory action they di- 

 minish it, later they increase and promote suppuration by pro- 

 moting the diffusion of fluids and escape of white corpuscles and 

 purulent elements. They should not be continued too long as 

 they will make the tissues soft and flabby. 



