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air passages — intratracheal injections of oil of tur- 

 pentine with carbolic acid and chloroform ; sulphu- 

 rous or chlorine inhalations. 



Against tapeworms: For horses and cattle — oil of 

 turpentine and oil of male fern with chloroform; fol- 

 low with a cathartic. For dogs and cats — areca nut, 

 chloroform, male fern, or calx sulphurata; follow 

 with a cathartic. 



DIURETICS. 

 Refrigerant Diuretics. 



Potassium Salts, particularly the acetate, bitar- 

 trate, carbonate, and nitrate. They should be given 

 largely diluted with water, as that of itself assists to 

 increase diuresis. See under Potassium. 



Hydragogue Diuretics. 



Spiritus ^theris Nitrosi, sweet spirit of nitre. 

 See under Ether. 



Digitalis, foxglove. See under Digitalis. 



Strophan'thus and Convallaria. See under their 

 respective headings. 



Cocaine. Small doses of the hydrochlorate. See 

 under Cocaine. 



Caffeine and Calomel. See under Caffeine and 

 Theine, and under Mercury. 



Stimulant Diuretics. 



Buchu Folia, buchu leaves. The leaves of Baros- 

 ma betelina and other species of Barosma. 



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