The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1852
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book ... / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    scarcely possible to produce tbis effect in herbivorous animals. Emollients. Medicines which soften and relax the tissues of the organs. Epsom Salt. A cooling laxative. It is not to be depended on as a purgative for the horse; but in doses of 4 or 5 oz., in a large quantity of water, repeated 3 times a day, it is useful, as a laxative and diuretic in inflammatory diseases. Cattle require from 12 to 20 oz., with ginger or any of the warm seeds. It is sometimes rendered more active by aloes or gamboge. Calves require from 1 to 2 oz., according to their age and strength. Sheep, A oz. to 2 oz. Dogs, from 1 to 3 dr. wrapped in tissue paper. A large elephant takes a pound and a half, pre- ceded by a dr. of calomel.—Youatt. Ergot of Rye. It promotes parturition. Dose for a mare, 2 or 3 dr. A cow, 2 dr. repeated at intervals of half an hour. An ewe, 20 to 40 gr. Bitch, ^ to 10 gr. [Mr. Spooner says from 2 to 4 gr.],or aninfusion of a scruple given at three times, at intervals of half an hour. Larger doses than the above are indicated by M. Moiroud. Errhines. Remedies which excite a discharge from the nostrils. Escharotics. Caustics. Substances which destroy the part to which they are applied. Ether. A diffusible stimulant and antispasmodic; used chiefly in colic. Dose, a oz. to | oz.; cattle, oz. to 1 oz. ; dogs, 7 to 14 drops. It is used outwardly in cool- ing lotions and eye-waters. The vapour, inhaled by means of a proper apparatus, produces insensibility to pain ; but some of the early experiments with this agent have proved most unfortunate. Ethiops Mineral. The mildest of the mercurial com- pounds. Alterative and vermifuge. Dose, 2 to 4 dr. daily in farcy, glanders, grease, skin diseases, and worms, alone, or with cream of tartar. For cattle, 1 dr.; swine, 3, to 10 gr.; dogs, 0 gr. in mange. With an equal weight of prepared antimony it forms Antimonial Ethiops—a more efficient preparation. Euphoruium. Very acrid and poisonous. Used in blisters,
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