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Electuary. — A soft mass, compounded with honey or treacle : 
must be prepared by a druggist as follows : camphor, 2 ounces ; 
powdered myrrh, liquorice root, and nitre, of each 8 ounces ; 
extract of belladonna, 2 ounces ; treacle, enough to make a soft 
paste. Dose : horse or ox, a portion of the size of half a walnut 
to be put at the back of the mouth two or three times a day 
with a piece of stick. Useful in colds, sore throat, and in- 
fluenza. 
Ginger. — Stimulant: forms an essential part of all cordial 
powders for exciting appetite ; may be given with strong ale in 
cases of prostration from over- work or disease. Dose: horse or 
ox, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls of the ponder in a pint of ale; sheep, 
one-fourth of the quantity. 
Mercurial Ointment (blue), to be purchased ready for use, 
valuable to promote the growth of hair, and in some forms of 
skin disease ; only small quantities may be applied. 
Mercurial Ointment (red), binioide of mercury. A good 
form for blisters in cases of splent or after sprain of tendons. 
Nitre (nitrate of potash), diuretic and fever medicine. Dose : 
horse or ox, 2 tablespoonfuls daily in the drinking-water, or half 
the quantity in the food. Sheep, 1 teaspoonful in the food. 
Salts (Epsom or Glauber), common purgatives for cattle 
and sheep. Dose: ox, 12 to 16 ounces, dissolved in a wine- 
bottle of hot water. A tablespoonful of ginger may be added. 
Sheep, 4 to 6 ounces. 
Salicylic Acid. — A valuable antiseptic, effective in the treat- 
ment of foot-and-mouth disease. Dose : 4 tablespoonfuls of the 
acid are to be put in an earthen vessel and dissolved in a 
quart of boiling-water ; hot water is then to be added to make 
a gallon. This solution is to be used to syringe the feet and 
lave the mouth and nostrils, and also to wash the udder, and 
finally to sprinkle over the litter: half a pint of the solution' 
may be added to the gallon of drinking-water every day. The 
dry acid (powder) may be sprinkled on the feet after they have 
been syringed with the solution. 
Santonine, used to expel worms, one of the most effective 
agents for this purpose. Dose : horse, 15 grains, with 3 drachms 
ot aloes, to be given in the morning before feeding, and repeated 
after two days. 
Sulj)hur (Flower of Sulphur), a very valuable alterative. 
Dose : horse or ox, a tablespoonful, with a teaspoonful of nitre, 
may be given in the food once a day ; sheep, quarter of the 
quantity. Sulphur mixed with any common oil forms an ex- 
cellent dressing for mange or surfeit in animals. 
Turpentine, Oil of. — Stimulant to the skin. Internally used 
