CHAPTER XXX. 



MEDIOINES USED IS THE TEEATMEMT OF THE DIS- 

 EASES OP SHEEP. 



The list of medicines below, comprises the principal ones 

 employed in tlie treatment of the diseases of sheep. 



BXPLAIfATION OF MEDICAl TEEMS USED IN THIS CHAPTBE. 



Absorbent. — A medicine used for absorbing acidity in the 

 stomach and bowels. 



Anodyne. — A medicine which relieves pain. 



Antacid. — A remedy which removes sourness in the 

 stomach. 



Anthelmintic. — A remedy which destroys or expels 

 worms. 



Antiseptic. — A preventive of putrefaction. 



Antispasmodic. — A preventive of spasms. 



Aperient. — A medicine which opens the bowels. 



Astringent. — A medicine externally that has the property 

 of contracting organic textures, and internally of diminishing 

 evacuation or dunging. 



Carminative. — A remedy which allays pain and causes 

 the expulsion of flatus, or wind, from the body. 



Cathartic. — A medicine which causes an increase of 

 evacuation or dunging. 



Caustic. — ^A body which has the power of burning or 

 consuming flesh and other animal substances. 



Cordial. — A tonic medicine which excites the system and 

 increases the rapidity of the circulation of the blood. 



Diaphoretic. — A medicine which promotes perspiration 

 or sweating, and a carrying ofi" of the humors of the body 

 through the pores of the skin. 



Disinfectant. — An agent which removes the causes of 

 infection. 



