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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
tonic being substituted during this period. Elephants can take 
fairly large doses of arsenic, but it is safer to give small doses and 
employ it with caution. 
Liquor arsenicalis is tasteless and readily taken mixed in a 
bucket of water. Strength : i oz. of liquor arsenicalis contains 
4 grs. of arsenic : — 
(39) Liquor arsenicalis. 
Dose I to I oz., once or twice daily, 
(40) Arsenic ... ... ... 4 grs. 
Nux vomica (powdered) ... ... I dr. 
Gentian or chiretta (powdered) ... ^ oz. 
Once or twice a day, 
C41) Sulphate cf iron ... ... ... 2^ drs. 
Nux vomica ... ... ... i dr. 
Bicarbonate of soda ... ... 2 drs. 
Cinchona bark (powdered) ... ... 4 drs. 
Ginger ... ... ... 6 drs. 
Once or twice a day. 
(42) Carbonate of iron ... ... 2 to 4 drs. 
Euquinine ... ... ... i dr. 
Extract of nux vomica (B.P.)* ... 10 grs. 
Caraway seed ... ... 2 drs. 
Once or twice a day. 
(43) Sulphate of copper ... ... i to 1 1 drs. 
Chiretta (powdered) ... ... | oz. 
Aniseed ... ... ... | oz. 
Once daily. 
(44) Nim or margosa bark powdered (Tama- 
akauk) ... ... 2 ozs. 
Ginger ... ... ... | oz. 
(45) Soda bicarb. ... ... 2 drs. 
Nux vomica ... ... ... 2 drs. 
Ferri sulph. ... ... ... I dr. 
Twice a day. To be given for a week or ten days at a time. (Useful in cases 
of debility and indigestion.) 
(4^^) Embelia ribes (Eik-mwe-thi) berries ... 6 drs. 
Ginger ... ... ... 4 drs. 
Once daily. (Useful in cases where debility is due to intestinal parasites.) 
* British Pharmacopoeia. 
