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stipation. It is also indicated in overloaded bowels, indigestion, diarrhea, 

 and pregnancy; after the ingestion of foreign or putrid matters; and to 

 assist the action of anthelmintics. Castor oil is inferior to linseed oil 

 for horses, as a simple laxative, because it is more prone to cause colicky 

 pains, and because it is more expensive. Castor oil is notably useful in 

 irritation and inflammation of the intestines in young animals, however, 

 as in diarrhea, dysentery, and enteritis ; diarrhea from distemper in dogs ; 

 retained meconium in foals and calves; and can be combined with ano- 

 dynes and antispasmodics to prevent griping. Two or three ounces of 

 castor oil are suitable for calves or foals with gastro-intestinal disorders. 

 One or two teaspoonfuls are suitable for poultry. 



Administration. — Castor oil is given to dogs with syrupus rhamni 

 cathartici in the proportion of 1 ounce of the former to 1 dram of the 

 latter; or with glycerin (equal parts) and a few drops of oil of winter- 

 green. It is administered to puppies (3i-ii) with an equal volume of 

 sweet oil. The soft gelatine capsules, containing 3ss-i, are most con- 

 venient and palatable in giving castor oil to small dogs. Castor oil may 

 be exhibited to horses with oil of peppermint (Tr^xx); or in digestive 

 irritation, in warm cooked flour gruel with laudanum (oSs) and fluid- 

 extract belladonna (3i) ; to foals and calves with mucilage or gruel and 

 5 drops of oil of peppermint. 

 In diarrhea in foals and calves. 



Olei rlcini gili. 



Tincturse opil 31. 



Olei menthae piperitse Tn.v. 



M. 



Sig. Give at once in a pint of warm cooked flour 

 gruel. 



Purge for large dog. 



Olei rlcini. 



Glycerin! aa Siss. 



Olei cinnamomi Tn,ii. 



M. 



Sig. Give at one dose. 



Cascara Sagrada. (U. S. & B. P.) 

 Synonym. — Rhamnus purshlana, California buckthorn, sacred bark, chittem 

 bark. 



The dried bark of the trunk and branches of Rhamnus Purshiana de CandoUe 

 (Fam. Rhamnaceae). 



Habitat. — United States from northern Idaho west to Pacific Ocean. 

 Description. — Usually In flattened or transversely curved pieces, occasionally 

 in quills; bark from 1 to 6 mm. in thickness; outer surface dark brown or 

 brownish-red, longitudinally ridged, often nearly covered with grayish or whitish 

 lichens; inner surface yellowish to light brownish, becoming dark brown with 

 age; odor distinct; taste disagreeable, bitter and slightly acrid. 



Constituents. — 1, a glucoside, cascarin or frangulin (see below) ; 2, three 

 resins ; 3, a volatile oil ; 4, malic and tannic acids. 

 Dose. — D., gr.v-xxx, (.3-2). 



preparations. 

 Pluidextractum Cascarw Sagradce. Fluidextract of Cascara Sagrada. 

 Made by maceration and percolation with diluted alcohol, and evaporation, 

 so that 1 mil=:l Gm. of the crude drug. (U. S. P.) 

 Dose.—D., TItv-xxx, (.8-2). 



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