EMETICS.— EXPECTORANTS. 411 



Common salt emetic : 



44. — Dissolve a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of 

 mustard in half a pint of tepid water, and give it as a drench. 



Strong emetic : 



45. — Tartar emetic, 1 to 3 grains. 

 Dissolve in a tablespoonful of warm water, and give as a drench ; fol- 

 lowing it up in a quarter of an hour, by .pouring down as much thin 

 gruel as the dog can be made to swallow. 



EXPECTORANTS, OR COUGH MEDICINES. 



The action of these remedies is to promote the flow of mucus, 



so as to relieve the congestion of the air passages. 



Common cough bolus : 



46. — Ipecacuanha in powder, £ to i£ grain. 

 Powdered rhubarb, 1 to 2 grains. 

 Purified opium, £ to ij grain. 

 Compound squill pill, 1 to 2 grains. 

 Mix, and give night and morning. 



Expectorant draught, useful in recent cough : 



47. — Ipecacuanha wine, 5 to 10 drops. 

 Common mucilage, '2 drachms. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, 20 to 30 drops. 

 Paregoric, 1 drachm. 

 Camphor mixture, £ ounce. 

 Mix, and give two or three times a day. 



Expectorant draught for chronic cough : 



48. — Friar's balsam, 8 to 1 2 drops. 

 Syrup of poppies, 1 drachm. 

 Diluted sulphuric acid, 3 to 8 drops. 

 Mucilage, 2 drachms. 

 Paregoric, 1 drachm. 

 Camphor mixture, \ ounce. 

 Mix, and give twice a day. 



