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REVIEW OF MOIROUd’s 
Horseradish. —This is a powerful stimulant. Applied exter¬ 
nally, it is a rubefacient. Applied internally, it rouses the stomach, 
and, sympathetically, almost all the other organs, but it has jts 
principal influence on the urinary passages. It is useful in 
dropsies of all kinds, chronic debility, and in some inflammatory 
complaints which take on a chronic character. In some of the 
epizootic diseases of cattle it is very useful in this connexion. It 
is scraped and mingled with barley, or oatmeal or bran, and is 
generally readily eaten. Sometimes, however, a tincture or an 
infusion of it is made. 
Wormwood is a stimulant and a tonic. Its effect is as prompt 
and extensive as the former, and as durable as the latter. It in¬ 
creases the activity of the digestive organs. It is indicated in 
dropsy and in all cases of debility. Its effect is more lasting 
than that of most other stimulants, and is therefore preferred for 
recovering the tone, and strengthening the tissue of the different 
organs. It is employed also, corresponding with its name, as a 
vermifuge, either alone, or associated with other drugs. The 
dose in the dry state is from two to four ounces for large animals, 
and from two to four drachms for smaller ones. When the 
green leaf is used, double the quantity is required. 
It is either infused in water, or some fermented liquor, or 
made into balls with honey or treacle, and extract of juniper and 
flour. 
It transmits its bitterness to the milk of cows which have 
eaten of it a few days, and even the flesh contracts a disagreeable 
and bitter flavour. It was formerly supposed to be poisonous to 
the horse, but two pounds of it given to a horse produced only 
the effect of other stimulants. It is often administered with gen¬ 
tian, carbonate of iron, sal-ammoniac, and other stimulating 
substances. 
It is used externally in lotions and fomentations, and stimu¬ 
lating’ injections; and tinctures, extracts, and electuaries, are pre¬ 
pared from it. 
Chamomile is endowed with evident stimulating and tonic 
powers. It is used in indigestion, in colic or flatulence from 
over-feeding, and in weakness of uterine action. Although its 
effect is not so permanent as that of wormwood, it may be fairly 
substituted for it in many cases. It is administered in water, ale, 
or wine, in the quantity of a pinch to a pound of the liquid. 
These infusions are used as drinks, or for injections. It is used 
externally in detersive and resolvent lotions and fomentations. 
A great many medicaments may be associated with it without 
any decomposition, such as the soluble salts of iron and lead, 
corrosive sublimate, nitrate of silver, and gelatine. 
