CAEBOLIC ACID. 349 



No. 8, four ounces. To allay irritation in a sore, camphor 

 and sweet oil is a good application. 



Doses. Camphor is given to horses and cattle, in from 

 two to four drachms, repeating the dose three or four times 

 a day. 



Cantharides. — (See Spanish Fly.) 



Capsicum. — (See Pepper.) 



Carbolic Acid. — This is the product of coal tar, and 

 was formerly known to the scientific world as phenile or 

 phenic acid, but is now generally known as carbolic acid. 

 Its smell resembles that of creosote, which is carbolic acid 

 and a fixed oil, and is very offensive to most persons. Its 

 form is that of an acid solution, though sometimes sold in 

 crystals. Its great importance is due to its property of 

 coagulating the albumen of the animal tissue, and hence 

 its value in sores, wounds, and ulcers. It may be applied 

 with safety to' all parts of the body or legs, and is invalua- 

 ble for destroying lice, wood ticks, and all forms of parasite 

 life, and by merely washing or moistening those parts of 

 the l^s and bodies of horses, cattle, and sheep, and chosen 

 by the bot, horse or other flies to deposit their eggs, their 

 hatching or even deposit may be prevented. 



As a disinfectant in stables and buildings affected with 

 fevers and all kinds of distempers, it was found extremely 

 serviceable in England, in checking the ravages of the 

 rinderpest by washing the floors and stalls ; and adding a 

 tablespoonful of the solution of the acid to a bucketful of 

 water, in whitewashing the walls and ceilings. 



External Use. For sores and wounds, when unhealthy, 

 a good application may be made by adding one drachm 

 of the acid to one pint of water. This will destroy all 



