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DOSES OF MEDICINE ACCORDING TO AGE. 



Horse. 



Ox. 



Sheep & Swine Dogs. 



Dose. 



The foregoing table may serve as a guide to the proportionate amount 

 of medicine to be given at the various ages. This refers to animals that 

 are of ordinary size for their ages. Allowance should be made in case 

 the animal is much under or over size. It is well also to make some al- 

 lowance where the animal is of an exceedingly nervous temperament. 

 A study of the effect of various diseases upon the action of medicine is 

 very important. It will be found that in many diseases of the brain and 

 spinal cord, and in some diseases of the stomach, a much larger quantity 

 than usual of purgative medicines are necessary. On the other hand, 

 in severe cases of low fevers and influenza, much less than the usual 

 dose may prove fatal. Thus it can.be seen that a careful study of the 

 effect of medicine under various conditions is very essential. 



HOW OFTEN TO GIVE MEDICINES. 



Alteratives — may be given once or twice a day. 



Purgatives — should not be repeated under twenty-four hours, evea 

 in severe cases, and in ordinary cases not under forty-eight hours. 



Tonics — should be given two or three times a day. 



Stimulants — if found necessary may be repeated after three, hours. 



Anodynes — may be repeated after an hour. 



Kcbolics — may be repeated after forty-five minutes. 



Febrifuges — or medicine to reduce temperature and allay fevers, 

 should be given as often as every two or three hours in severe cases, and 

 as often as thiee times a day in mild cases. Aconite, belladonna, the 

 various forms of ammonia, spirits of nitre, and the solutions of the ni- 

 trate and chlorate of potash, are the most common of the febrifuges. 



