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cent, watery solution. For dogs and young swine this is an 
excellent emetic. Dogs take gr. one-sixth, swine gr. one- 
sixth 11 It is particularly extolled by Feser and Lemke, who 
injected gr. 11-111 once a day in cattle afflicted with pica, and 
in sheep suffering' from wool eating. 
Atropinum Sulphuricum. Soluble in three parts of water 
and so used. Given as an antidote in strychnine, pilocarpine 
and physostigmine poisoning; also in spasmodic states of the 
unstriped muscular fiber (in this connection happily combined 
with morph, hydro.) Pro dosi horses gr. i-ii; cattle gr. i • 
dogs gr. l-y 2 . (Doses are not absolute). 
Camphora. Am excellent neurotic stimulant; administered 
as spiritus camphoratus, oleum camphoratum, or, still better 
as an mtherial solution i- 4 . Horses and cattle take of the 
latter 3ss-ii, repeated if necessary. 
Quinia. Quininas hydrochloras may be used dissolved in 
glycerine 1-6, or alcohol 1-3 Quinin* sulphas is dissolved 
in glycerine, through heat, in the proportion 1-3. Sometimes 
t e desired result is obtained after giving horses and cattle gr. 
i; and in dogs after giving gr. 1-11 of the quin, hydroclil. 
Curare. The dose as well as the therapeutic value of this 
agent are questionable. 
Morphinum Hydrochloricum. Morph, sulph. may also be 
prescribed. Both are soluble in equal parts of glycerine and 
water ; by the aid of heat morph, hydrochl. dissolves in five 
parts glycerine. Morphine injections are indicated when cer- 
ebral excitability is to be decreased. The worth of morphium 
salts as local anesthetics is attested by many practitioners. 
I he dose for horses is not much over gr. viii, while lar^ e 
doses cause dangerous unquiet of the animal (first sta^e of the 
toxic effect). Cattle may be given the same dose ; dogs re- 
quire ff The modern and only scientific method of treat¬ 
ing colic involves a rectal examination with a view to ascer¬ 
taining its cause and securing indications for its rational treat¬ 
ment. Morphine is a powerful agent which facilitates this 
and under certain conditions it is the only remedy which 
makes it possible. Spasmodic colic ceases with the establish¬ 
ment of quietude, and here it is well united with atropin. 
