68 GENERAL ACTIONS OF DEUGS 



Anthelmintics inimical to taenia are: 



Aspidium (horse and dog) Calomel 

 Oil of turpentine Arsenic 



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Areea nut (sheep and lambs) Linseed, cotton- ! , ^^ dead paru- 



Pumpkin seed seed or castor | ^j^.^^ ^ 



oil J 



Anthelmintics destroying ascarides: 



HORSES. 



Creolin Iron ") 



Aloes Gentian I rponies 



Oil of turpentine Arsenic f 



Arsenic Copper sulphate J 

 . Calomel 



DOGS. 



Areea nut Spigelia 



Santonin 



Anthelmintics hilling oxyurides. 



Eectal injections containing salt, solution of lime, 

 quassia, iron salts, alum and oil of turpentine are used to 

 destroy these parasites infesting the lower bowel. 



Anthelmintics destroying strongylidce. 

 Thymol Turpentine Aspidium 



Anthelmintics destroying cestri equi ("Bots"). 



Carbon disulphide Hydrochloric acid 



Chloroform Bitters 



Iron )- Tonics 



Arsenic 



Copper sulphate 



Vermifuges are purgatives (as aloes and oil) used to' 

 expel dead parasites from the bowels after the administra- 

 tion of anthelmintics. 



Parasiticides, or antiparasitics, are drugs which destroy 

 parasites, more especially those inhabiting the skin. [We 

 may classify them as those used: 



(1) Against Tinea (Ringworm and Favus). 



Mercurial ointments Chrysarbbin ointment Salicylic acid 



Tincture of iodine Cantharides Boric acid 



Glycerite of carbolic acid Croton oil Thymol 



Creolin Formalin Sulphurous acid 



Creosote 



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