402 PRESCEIPTIONS AND PREPARATIONS. 



Clysters. — For colic of all kinds, take warm water of 

 about blood heat, one stable bucket full ; four ounces of 

 common table salt, soap sufficient to make a good lather 

 or froth; of this, three to four quarts may be injected in 

 the rectum, every half hour till the animal is well. For 

 the expulsion of the fundament bots, injections of flaxseed 

 oil are an excellent and safe method. Tobacco smoke 

 injections are sometimes used for their removal, as well as 

 in cases of constipation. To give injections of tobacco 

 smoke, an instrument having both force and suction is 

 necessary. Tobacco smoke is not recommended for either 

 of these affections by the author. 



Drenches. — Used in cases of colic: Take sulphuric 

 ether, half an ounce ; laudanum, two ounces ; flaxseed oil, 

 one pint ; mix. Or, take spirits of turpentine, one ounce ; 

 tincture of aconite root, twenty-five drops ; aloes, one ounce 

 in solution ; mix. Or, take warm ale, two pints ; ground 

 ginger, half an ounce; tincture of aconite root, twenty 

 drops; mix. Used in flatulent colic, accompanied with 

 swelling of the belly: Take laudanum, two ounces; aloes 

 in solution, one ounce; chloride of lime, half an ounce; 

 mix. Or, take tincture of aconite root, twenty drops ; aloes 

 in solution, one ounce ; sulphite of soda, one ounce ; mix. 

 Or, take sjjirits of hartshorn, three drachms; aloes in solu- 

 tion, one ounce ; water, one pint ; mix. 



Eye Lotions and Washes. — Astringent Eye 

 Lotion. — Take sulphate of zuac, five grains ; rain-water, 

 one ounce ; mix. 



Lotion for Purulent Discharges from the Eye. 

 ■ — Take sulphate of copper, three grains ; laudanum, ten 

 drops ; rain-water, one ounce ; mix. 



Foe the Same. — Nitrate of silver, four grains; rain- 



