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COMMON MEDICINES. 



strength salt is a very useful cathartic. More commonly combined 

 with other saline cathartics. Useful as a throat wash in certain 

 sore throats, diluted to 5 per cent, solutions in water. 



Sodium hyposulphite and sodium sulphite. — Antiseptic and 

 deodorant especially valuable for internal administration, to check 

 fermentation and septic processes in the stomach and intestines 

 and therefore valuable in conditions of diarrhea, indigestions, and 

 hoven or bloat. Also useful in small doses to control feverish 

 conditions. Both the sulphite and the hyposulphite are readily 

 soluble in water. 



FIG. 86. TO THROW CATTLE. (If. H. R.) 

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Doses. — Horses and cattle take of the sulphite 8 to 12 oz. ; 

 sheep and swine take 4 to 8 drams. The doses of hyposulphite are 

 much smaller — about half as large as for the sulphite. These 

 doses are to be given as drenches, well diluted and repeated three 

 times daily. Smaller doses may be given every hour in cases of 

 bloat. 



Saltpetre (nitrate of potash). — Mildly antiseptic, and has 

 slight cathartic effect. It is diuretic, increases the secretion from 

 skin and bronchial tubes; is alterative and febrifuge. Useful in 



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