50 VETERINARY MATERIA MEDICA. 



Tinctura Cinchonce Composita, compound tinc- 

 ture of cinchona bark, U. S. P. (Red bark 10, ser- 

 pentaria 2, orange peel 8, glycerin 10, alcohol and 

 water, of each a sufficient quantity to make 100 

 parts.) Dose: H., fl. ! i.-iij. ; D-, fl. 3ss.-iv. 



Infusum Cinchonce, infusion of cinchona. (Cin- 

 chona 6, aromatic sulphuric acid 1, water 93.) Dose: 

 H., Oss.-i.; D., fl. 3 i.-iv. 



Quinince Sulphas, sulphate of quinine. Dose: 

 H., gr. XV.- 3 i.; D., gr. i.-v. 



Cinchonidince Sulphas, sulphate of cinchonidine. 

 Dose: H., 3 ss.-ij. ; D., gr. ij.-x. 



Quinince Bimuriatis Carbamas, the double hy- 

 drochlorate of quinine and urea, a very soluble salt, 

 is especially adapted for hypodermic medication. 

 Dose for dog, inject grs. 1^ to 8 dissolved in lU 10 to 

 20 of distilled water ; dose for horse, inject grs. 15 to 

 30 dissolved in fl. 3 ss. to ij. of distilled water. 



Other quinine salts, as the muriate and bisulphate, 

 are given in the same doses as the sulphate. 



Incompatihles are free tannic acid, iodine, alkalies, 

 and alkaline carbonates. 



Physiological Action. ^Cinchona bark is an 

 astringent bitter tonic, antiseptic, antiperiodic, anti- 

 phlogistic, antipyretic, and emmenagogue. It di- 

 minishes reflex action, acts as a protoplasmic poison, 

 and its alkaloids, while rapidly diffused, are but 

 slowly eliminated, being found in the urine in fifteen 

 minutes after taking, and as late as three days after; 

 the maximum point of action being reached in about 

 four to five hours after its first administration. Qui- 



Digitized by Microsoft® 



