ACONITE.--[_Monk's hood_; _Wolf's bane_.] An active poison. Used as a
sedative in tincture; ten to twenty drops in water.
AETHIOPS MINERAL.--[_Hydrargyri Sulphuretum._] One to two drachms.
ALCOHOL.--A stimulant; three to six ounces.
ALLSPICE.--[_Pimento berries._] Aromatic; two to four drachms.
ALOES.--Cathartic and tonic; tonic dose, one half to one
drachm--cathartic, one to two ounces.
ALUM.--[_Alumen._] Irritant, astringent, and sedative; two to four
drachms.
AMMONIA.--[_Aqua ammonia_; _Liquor ammonia_; _Hartshorn_.] Principally
used in combination with mustard, as an external irritant, and
internally, as a diffusible stimulant; two to six drachms. Of carbonate
of ammonia, three to six drachms.
ANISE-SEED.--[Fruit of the _Pimpinella Anisum_.] One to two drachms.
ANTIMONY.--[_Sulphate of Antimony._] Used in condition-powders; one to
three drachms. Muriate of antimony. [_Oil, or butter, of antimony._]
Caustic; very good in foul in the foot. Tartarized antimony. [_Tartar
emetic._] One to four drachms. The author, in the last instance, varies
from the dose prescribed by veterinary authors, never giving it in more
than one-half-drachm doses, believing its action thus more certain and
satisfactory.
ASAFOETIDA.--Stimulant; two to four drachms.
AXUNGE.--[_Hog's Lard._] Ointment, principally; may be used as purgative
in doses of from one to one and a half pounds.
BALSAM OF PERU.--Stimulant, and tonic; two to four drachms.
BELLADONNA.--[_Deadly Nightshade._] Narcotic, anti-spasmodic, and
irritant poison; one to two drachms.
BENZOIN.--[_Gum Benjamin._] Ointment; see Traumatics.
CALOMEL.--[_Hydrargyri Chloridum._] One half to one drachm.
CAMOMILE.--[_Anthemis._] Stomachic, carminative, and tonic; one to two
ounces.
CAMPHOR.--[_Camphora Officinarum._] Narcotic and irritant; in small
doses, sedative and stimulant; one to four drachms.
CANTHARIDES.--[_Spanish Flies._] Internally, stimulant and diuretic;
twenty to thirty grains. Externally, vesicant; used in form of ointment,
or tincture.
CARAWAY.--[Fruit of the _Carum Carisi_.] Used chiefly for flavoring
purposes.
CARDAMOMS.--[Fruit of the _Elettaria Cardamomum_.] Used to communicate
an agreeable flavor to other medicines.
CATECHU.--[_Acacia Catechu._] Astringent, and antiseptic; three to six
drachms.
CHALK.--[_Carbonate of Lime_; _Calcis Carbonas_.] Two to three ounces.
CHARCOAL.--[_Carbo Ligni._] Antiseptic; one half to one ounce.
CINCHONA.--[_Peruvian Bark._] Astringent and tonic; one to two ounces.
COPPER, SULPHATE OF.--[_Blue Vitriol._] Tonic and astringent; two to
four drachms.
CREOSOTE.--[_Creosotum._] A sedative, anodyne, astringent, narcotic, and
irritant poison; fifteen to twenty drops.
CROTON OIL.--[_Crotonis Oleum._] Internally, as a cathartic, six to ten
drops in linseed-oil; externally, as a counter-irritant.
DIGITALIS.--[_Fox Glove._] Sedative and diuretic; one to two scruples.
EPSOM-SALTS.--[_Sulphate of magnesia._] Cathartic; one pound, combined
with ginger.
ERGOT.--[_Spurred rye._] Parturient; two to six drachms.
ETHER.--Stimulant, narcotic, and anaesthetic; one to two ounces.
GENTIAN.--[Root of _Gentiana lutea_.] Stomachic and tonic; one to two
ounces.
GINGER.--[_Zengiber officinale._] Stomachic, carminative, and slightly
tonic; one to two ounces.
GUM-ARABIC.--[_Gummi Acaciae._] Demulcent and emollient; one to two
ounces.
GUM-TRAGACANTH. Same action and same doses as the former.
HELLEBORE.--[_Helleborus._] Irritant poison, and sedative; twenty to
thirty grains.
HYOSCYAMUS.--[_Henbane._] Narcotic, anodyne, and anti-spasmodic; ten to
twenty grains.
IODINE.--[_Iodineum._] Internally, as a tonic; two to three scruples;
also as a tincture, and in ointments for reducing enlargements of the
soft tissues.
IRON, SULPHATE OF.--[_Ferri Sulphas_; _Green Vitriol_, _Coppera_.]
Irritant, astringent, and tonic; two to four drachms.
KOOSSO. Anthelmintic; two to four drachms.
LIME, CHLORIDE OF.--Antiseptic; dose internally, one to two drachms.
LINSEED OIL.--Cathartic; one pint.
LUNAR CAUSTIC.--[_Nitrate of Silver._] Used as a caustic.