MEDICINES AND RECEIPTS 
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Action and Use. — In small doses it acts on the kidneys 
and skin. For this purpose give horses and cattle a quarter 
of an ounce or one dessertspoonful in drinking water once a 
day. For sheep, pigs and dogs give a teaspoonful in their 
drinking water or food once a day. In large doses it acts 
on the bowels and stomach to relieve pain and gases. Thus 
it is good in the different forms of indigestion and colic. 
Dose. — For horses, 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls ; cattle, 
1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls; sheep, ^ ounce or 2 dessert- 
spoonfuls ; pigs and dogs, ^4 ounce or 1 dessertspoonful. Mix 
in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench. See 
special instructions for the different diseases in which it is 
used. This is a medicine that is used a great deal in prac- 
tice, as you will see all through the book, and should be 
thoroughly understood. 
33. Spirits of Turpentine. 
Source. — Spirits of Turpentine, also called Oil of Tur- 
pentine, is obtained from a tree. It is used in the form of a 
clear, oily looking liquid. 
Action and Use. — Internally, for horses and cattle, it is 
used in one ounce or four dessertspoonful doses mixed with 
a pint of raw linseed oil. In severe cases of acute indigestion 
and colic it relieves the pain and gases. It is also used in 
this proportion for killing the long, round worms and bots in 
horses. For further particulars see **Bots" and "Long Round 
Worms" in Part 11. Internally, for sheep and' pigs, the dose 
is one-quarter of an ounce or one dessertspoonful mixed with 
half a pint of raw linseed oil. It is used for the same 
purposes as it is in horses and cattle. It is used externally in 
liniments. Refer to the receipts for making white liniment 
and acid liniments in Chapter V. 
