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solvent, to descend through it. The menstruum used is alcohol, 

 except in two cases, when aromatic spirits of ammonia is used as 

 a solvent. 



Five official tinctures: Tr. aloes, Tr. iodine, Tr. nux vomica, 

 Tr. gentian, and Tr. opium. 



Give the actions and the uses of veratrum viride. State the dose for 

 (a) the horse, (b) the dog. 

 Veratrum viride is a cardiac depressant, febrifuge, spinal 

 paralyzant, emetic, and cathartic. Used about the same as aconite, 

 but is inferior to same. Employed as an emetic in swine, stomachic 

 in cattle in indigestion, and for pneumonia and other respiratory 

 diseases in the horse. Used to lower temperature, relieve pain, and 

 lessen the duration of acute rheumatic fever. Dose for the horse, 

 3ss-j., for the dog, gr. Vio-1- 



Give in the metric system (a) the table of vi^eight, (b) the unit of weight, 

 (c) the unit of measure of liquids. 



(a) 10 milligrammes = 1 centigramme, 

 10 centigrammes = 1 decigramme, 

 10 decigrammes = 1 gramme, 



10 grammes = 1 decagramme, 



10 decagrammes = 1 hectogramme, 

 10 hectogrammes = 1 kilogramme. 



(b) One gramme is the unit of weight; it being the weight of 

 one cubic centimetre of distilled water, at the temperature of 4° C. 



(c) One cubic centimetre is the unit of measure of liquids. 



Give the actions and uses of quinine sulphate. State the dose for (a) 

 the horse, (b) the cow, (c) the dog. 



Quinine sulphate is a tonic, antiseptic, antiperiodie, antipyretic, 

 antiphlogistic, antimiasmatic, stomachic, and antiferment. SmaE 

 doses stimulate the heart and brain, large doses depress both. Large 

 doses lower reflex activity of the spinal cord. 



It is used as a bitter stomachic and tonic to improve the appetite 

 and stimulate digestion. Cheeks abnormal gastro-intestinal fermen- 

 tation. Used in anaemia, septicEemia, pyaemia, influenza, strangles, 

 purpura hemorrhagica, and other infectious febrile diseases. It 

 is of great benefit in distemper of dogs, chorea, and rheumatism; 

 also used as an antipyretic and stimulant in pneumonia and 

 bronchitis. 



(a) 2 to 4 drachms, (b) 4 to 6 drachms, (c) 1 to 5 grains. 



