The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, with numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc. : perfumery and cosmetics; beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments : trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1871
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, with numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc. : perfumery and cosmetics; beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments : trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Caraway Seeds. Carminative and Stomachic. Dose, | oz. to 1 oz.; or double that quantity to cattle. Used in cordial balls and drenches; and often added to purgatives, to prevent griping. The essential oil is used for the same pur- poses, in doses of 10 to 30 drops. Mr. Youatt considers caraway and ginger the only cordials required for the horse. Cardamom Seeds. Carminative. Dose, 1 to 4 dr. Carminatives are stimulants which by their rapid impression on the stomach, &c.. occasion the expulsion of wind, and relief of pain. Carrots. Restorative and alterative. Given to horses as food after severe illness : and in coughs, grease, foul humors, &c. Externally in poultices. Cascarilla. a warm, bitter tonic. Dose, 2 or 3 dr. Cassia. A warm stimulant. Dose, 1 to 2 dr. Castor. Antispasmodic. ^ oz. has been given in locked jaw. But rarely used. Castor Oil. Laxative. It is uncertain as a purgative for the horse, and sometimes produces much irritation in large doses. J pint may be given every six hours till it operates, with watery solution of aloes. Cattle require a pound, or pint; calves, 2 to 4 oz.; sheep and swine, 1 to 2 oz.; dogs, 2 to 4 dr., with syrup of buckthorn. The seeds are more active: from 2 to 6 are sometimes given to swine and dogs,, crushed and mixed with food ; but from their effects on man, their use would seem to require caution. Catechu. Terra Japonica. Astringent. Dose for a horse, in diabetes, diarrhoea, &c., 1 or 2 dr. [Youatt], or to 1 oz. [Blaine] ; cattle, 2 to 4 dr. in gruel. [It is usually com- bined with chalk, opium, and gum.—Youatt.] Dogs re- quire from 10 to 40 gr. In India it is said to be given in doses of 2 oz., for the purpose of taming vicious horses. The tincture is useful in promoting the healing of wounds. Cathartics. Purgatives (which see). Caustics. Solid or liquid substances which burn or de- stroy the part to which they are applied. The actual cautery consists in burning with an iron heated to white- ness.