ALOES. 589 



ghi ; milk ; gruel ; or even large quantities of plain water. Per- 

 form tracheotomy if necessary. 



About 5 grains of morphine hydrochlorate, dissolved in water 

 may be injected hypodermically, to allay the pain and to ward off 

 the effects of shock. 



Aconite. 



Gresswell, in " Diseases and Disorders of the Horse," states that 

 " many quack nostrums and some formulte in the possession of 

 stablenjen and others contain overdoses of tincture of aconite," 

 which, consequently, is a common cause of poisoning. Eemember 

 that Fleming's tincture is six times as strong as that of the 

 British Pharmacopoeia. Finlay Dun cites the case of an old cab 

 horse it was intended to destroy, getting two drachms and a third 

 of Fleming's tincture, and recovering, although he very nearly 

 died. The usual dose is 7 or 8 drops. 



SYMPTOMS. — ^Marked nausea, with attempts at vomiting ; dis- 

 charge of froth from the mouth, and sometimes sounds of gurgling 

 in the throat ; pulse very weak and irregular ; breathing shallow 

 and slow ; great depression ; body usually covered with perspiration. 



TREATMENT. — Give large doses of spirits and water. Hand- 

 rub the animal all over, so as to stimulate the circulation. Give 

 a hypodermic injection of 40 minims of liquor atropinse sulphatis, 

 which may be repeated. 



Aloes. 



Probably more horses are killed by the injudicious administra- 

 tion of aloes than by any other drug. 



SYMPTOMS are those of superpurgation, with great weakness, 

 depression, abdominal pain, and flatulence. 



TREATMENT will be the same as for superpurgation (p. 423). 



Ammonia. 



Liniments containing ammonia are sometimes given by mistake 

 as a draught to a horse. One ounce of strong liquor ammonise, 

 which is three times as potent as the ordinary liquor ammonise, 

 has caused death to the horse. 



