APERIENTS— ANODYNES. 449 



5. For Generally Defective Secretions — 



Flowers of Sulphur . . . .6 ounces. 

 Emetic Tartar . . . . . 5 to 8 drachms. 



Corrosive Sublimate . . . .10 grains. 



Linseed meal mixed with hot water, enough to form 6 balls, one of 

 which ma}- be given two or three times a week. 



6. In Debility of Stomach — 



Calomel .1 scruple. 



Aloes ...... 1 drachm. 



Cascarilla Bark, "i 



Gentian Koot, > of each in powder . 1 drachm. 



Ginger, ) 



Castile Soap 3 drachms. 



Syrup enough to make a ball, which may be given twice a week, or 

 every other night. 



ANODYNES, 



Sometimes called Narcotics, when taken into the stomach, 

 pass at once into the blood, and there aet in a special manner on 

 the nervous centres. At first they exalt the nervous force ; but 

 they soon depress it, the second stage coming on the sooner accord- 

 ing to the increase of the dose. They are given either to soothe 

 the general nervous system, or to stop diarrhoea; or sometimes to 

 relieve spasm, as in colic or tetanus. Opium is the chief anodyne 

 used in veterinary medicine, and it may be employed in very large 

 doses : — 



1. Anodyne Drench for Colic — 



Linseed Oil ..... 1 pint. 



Oil of Turpentine . . . 1 to 2 ounces. 



Laudanum . . . . I to 2 ounces. 



Mix, and give every hour till relief is afforded. 



2. Anodyne Ball for Colic (only useful in mild cases) — 



Powdered Opium . . . I to 2 drachms. 



Castile Soap 2 drachms. 



Camphor . . . . . .2 drachms. 



Ginger 1} drachm. 



Make into a ball with Liquorice powder and Treacle, and give every 

 hour while the pain lasts. It should be kept in a bottle or bladder. 



3. Anodyne Ball (ordinary) — 



Opium }, to 1 drachm. 



Castile Soap . . . . . 2 to 4 drachms. 



Ginger 1 to 2 drachms. 



Powdered Aniseed . . . J to 1 ounce. 



Oil of Caraway Seeds . . I drachm. 



Syrup enough to form a ball, to be dissolved in half a pint of warm ale, 

 and given as a drench. 



4. Anodyne Drench in Superpurgation, or Ordinary Diarrhoea. 



Gum Arabic . . . . .2 ounces. 



Boiling Water . . . . .1 pint. 



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