370 VEGETABLE DRUGS 



good remedy for roundworms in poultry (2 lbs.-9 lbs. live weight). Old 

 oil of turpentine is often advised as an antidote for phosphorus because it 

 contains ozone and forms a harmless, camphor-like body — turpentine 

 phosphoric acid. Its use has, however, been found worthless. Turpen- 

 tine is occasionally given in indigestion, chronic diarrhea, and dysentery 

 of horses and cattle, as a local stimulant and antiseptic. 



Respiratory Organs. — Oil of turpentine is an efficient stimulating 

 and antiseptic expectorant in subacute and chronic bronchitis ; and deodor- 

 ant in gangrene of the lungs. It is administered internally, and by 

 inhalation in the proportion of one teaspoonful to the quart of boiling 

 water. Terebene is used as a substitute for oil of turpentine, as a stimu- 

 lating expectorant, and is likewise prescribed as an antiseptic and carmi- 

 native in flatulence, and as a genito-urinary stimulant. Terpin hydrate 

 increases bronchial secretion and is employed in both acute and chronic 

 bronchitis. 



Bronchitis in dogs. 



Codeinae sulphatis gr.vi. 



Elixir, terpini hydratis ad gli. 



M. 



Sig. Teaspoonful every 3 hours for cough. 



Oil of turpentine has been found beneficial in verminous bronchitis 

 of calves and lambs (caused by Strongylus micrurus and filaria), in- 

 jected into the trachea midway in the neck, according to the following 

 prescription : 



Ol. Terebinthinae 5i-ii. 



Acid, Carbol. 



Glycerin! 



Chloroformi aa 3ss. 



M. 



S. Inject in one dose. 



Chloroform is more successful, however (see p. 225). 



"Gapes" in fowl, due to Syngaraus trachealis, is cured by the same 

 mixture diluted with 5 parts of oil and applied to the throat internally 

 with a feather. 



Verminous bronchitis in calves may also be cured by pouring into 

 each nostril, once daily, 2 drams of turpentine with the head upturned. 

 Also give internally, and to lambs with this disease, 3 dram in milk or 

 gruel once daily. 



Circulation. — Oil of turpentine is of some worth as a cardiac stimu- 

 lant and hemostatic. It is said to have been exhibited in parturient fever 

 and apoplexy of cattle with success. Bleeding from the nose, lungs, 

 digestive tract, uterus, kidneys, and bladder, and hemorrhages occurring 

 in purpura hemorrhagica, are sometimes stopped by the internal use of 

 turpentine. 



Genito-Urinary Tract. — Oil of turpentine is indicated as a stimulant 

 in amenorrhea, chronic pyelitis and cystitis. The drug is contra-indicated 

 in acute inflammation of the kidneys and alimentary canal. 



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