112 VETERINARY MATERIA mIdICA. 



Linimentum Camphorce, Oleum Camphoratum, 

 liniment of camphor or camphorated oil. For local 

 use. (Camphor 1, cotton-seed oil 4.) 



Linimentum Saponis, Linimentum Camphorce 

 Compositum, Tinctura Camphorce Composita, 

 Spiritus Saponis Camphoratus, soap liniment, 

 compound camphor liniment, compound tincture of 

 camphor, camphorated soap spirit, opodeldoc. For 

 local use only. (Soap in shavings 10, camphor 5, 

 oil of rosemary 1, alcohol 70, water to make 100.) 



Camphora Monobromata, monobromated cam- 

 phor. Used chiefly in canine practice. Dose for 

 dog, gr. i.-x. 



Physiological Action. — Camphor is antispas- 

 modic, antiseptic, anodyne, a stimulant expectorant, 

 diaphoretic, a cerebral excitant, and gastro-intesti- 

 nal irritant. Externally, counter-irritant, stimulant, 

 antiseptic, parasiticide. It has an acrid, hot taste, 

 irritates the skin and mucous membranes, and if 

 given in large quantity causes severe gastric disturb- 

 ance with all the effects of an irritant poison. Mod- 

 erate doses stimulate both the vasomotor system and 

 the cardiac motor ganglia, at the same time decreas- 

 ing the influence of the pneumogastric, in this way 

 increasing circulation and raising arterial tension; 

 mental activity, respiration, and the sweat glands 

 are stimulated, pain allayed, the menstrual flow and 

 sexual appetite increased; while large or continued 

 doses depress the generative function and occasion- 

 ally cause dysuria. Its anaphrodisiac effects are not 

 very pronounced in the lower animals. Large doses 



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