234 REVIEW OF MOIROUDS 
It is counter-indicated in all acute inflammations, and espe¬ 
cially in those of any of the abdominal viscera. It should be 
employed with much caution in animals of an irritable tem¬ 
perament. 
It may be administered in the form of ball or electuary, but 
the preferable mode is that of solution in warm water. If it is 
wished to associate it with other purgatives, they should be 
selected from among the mildest, and those of quickest action, 
that the digestive passages may thus be prepared for the in¬ 
fluence of the principal medicament. 
When administered in injections, the effect of aloes is un¬ 
certain. 
In whatever manner it is administered to cattle, it is exceed¬ 
ingly uncertain. Gilbert gave six ounces to a cow seven years 
old, in an infusion of four ounces of senna, without producing 
any appreciable effect. The same quantity given to another cow, 
in the veterinary school at Lyons, produced febrile action, but 
did not purge. 
In sheep it is equally inert. An ounce and a half was given 
without producing any purgation; the exhibition of tw<>ounces 
was followed by death twenty-seven hours afterwards, and with¬ 
out purgation. 
When applied externally it is exceedingly useful. When 
sprinkled in the form of powder on fistulous wounds, or wounds 
penetrating into the joints, or of the sheaths of the tendons, or 
of the salivary glands, it agglutinates and stops the discharge, 
and at the same time, by its stimulating property, disposes the 
wound to heal. 
Dissolved in rectified spirit, it constitutes a tincture much in 
use among veterinary practitioners in the healing of sluggish 
wounds: it is at once a detersive and a desiccative. It is pro¬ 
scribed when we wish to hasten the suppuration of an abscess or 
wound, for it will retard that process without producing any 
countervailing benefit. 
Gamboge. —According to Daubenten, this is a useful pur¬ 
gative for sheep affected with the rot; but it must be given with 
caution, for two drachms have produced fatal purgation. We, 
however, believe that it is an uncertain and a dangerous purga¬ 
tive, both for the larger and smaller herbivorous animals. When 
given to a cow in the dose of an ounce and a half, it produced 
very little effect; but double that quantity being afterwards 
given to the same cow, it produced dysentery, which lasted seven¬ 
teen days. 
We have given from six to twelve drachms to many horses. 
It has produced dejections a little softer and more frequent; but 
at the same time its exhibition has been accompanied by shiver- 
