436 The Diseuses of Animals 
animals. Melt and give from 1 to 8 ounces, according 
to size. 
Laudanum. Horses, 1 ounce; cattle, 1 to 2 ounces; 
sheep, 2 drams; dogs and pigs, 5 to 20 drops. Re- 
lieves pain, colic and diarrhea. Externally, relieves 
pain. 
Lime Water. Made by slaking fresh lime, allowing 
it to settle and using the clear water. Useful in diar- 
rhea of young animals. Dilute their milk one-third 
with lime water. Finely pulverized air-slaked lime is 
vood to dry up sores by being dusted on. 
Linseed - oil, Raw. Horses, 1 to 2 pints; eattle, 2 
to 8 pints; sheep, % pint; calves, 4 to 8 ounces; lambs, 
2 ounces; dogs, % to2 ounces. Purgative and soothing. 
Do not choke animal in giviug. Externally, 1 part 
carbolic acid to 25 parts oil, for seratches in horses. 
Mercury. See Corrosive Sublimate and Calomel. 
Mustard. A heaping teaspoonful in 4 to 6 ounees of 
warm water is an excellent emetic for dogs and pigs. 
Mixed with warm water to a paste and applied to skin, 
it blisters. Used as a blister in Inng diseases. 
Niter. See Sweet Spirits of Niter. 
Nux Vomica (Powdered Seed). Horses, % to 1 
dram; cattle, 2 drams; sheep, 20 grains; pigs, 10 
grains. Used in paralysis or weak, debilitated condi- 
tion. Useful in condition powders. The active prin- 
ciple is strychnine, and when twitching of muscles 
occurs medicine must be stopped. Poisonous. 
Oak-bark Decoction. Boil 1 ounce of bark in 1 
pint of water. Colts and calves, 1 to 2 ounces; lambs, 
% ounce. Give in milk. Can double dose, if necessary, 
