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Calx Chlorata, chlorinated lime, or bleaching 

 powder (misnamed chloride of lime). Dose: H., 

 3 i.-ij. ; D., gr. ij.-v., in cold gruel or water. 



For Calx Sulphurata, see under Sulphur. 



Physiological, Action and Therapeutics. — 

 The calcium salts and preparations are feebly alka- 

 line, astringent, and antacid. The liquor calcis is ir- 

 ritant, astringent by contact, antacid, and sedative, 

 and is given in indigestion and diarrhoea of all pa- 

 tients, especially in young animals when there is a 

 tendency to acidity of the stomach. As an antidote 

 for poisoning by the mineral acids, by carbolic acid, 

 and by oxalic acid. In bronchial filarise in calves 

 and sheep, sometimes combined with turpentine. 

 Enemata of aqua calcis to destroy ascarides. A most 

 excellent application to scalds and burns is " carron 

 oil " (equal volumes of liquor calcis and linseed oil). 

 A spray of aqua calcis has been found serviceable in 

 diphtheria and croup. Lime in solution, i.e., as 

 "whitewash," is used for deodorizing and cleansing 

 stables, etc. It is customary to add carbolic acid or 

 other disinfectant to whitewash to render it more 

 effective for this purpose. Chalk, which is the usual 

 cause of hardness of water, is used for the same pur- 

 poses as the aqua calcis. The calcium phosphate, 

 which is an essential ingredient of all animal tissues, 

 combines the actions of calcium and phosphorus, and 

 is essentially a restorative ; it increases the alkalinity 

 of the blood, increases the power of that tissue to 

 hold CO,, diminishes the excretion of urea, and is 

 very serviceable in chronic diarrhoea, anaemia, and 



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