No. 1. Powdered arsenic from 5 to 10 gr.
Powdered aniseed ½ oz.
Opium ½ dr.
Treacle enough to form the ball.
No. 2. Arsenic from 5 to 10 gr.
Sulphate of copper ½ dr.
Opium ½ dr.
Powdered caraways ½ oz.
Treacle enough to form the ball.
No. 3. Arsenic from 5 to 10 gr.
Opium ½ dr.
Sulphate of zinc 2 dr.
Caraway seeds ½ oz.
Treacle enough for the ball.
For the numerous formulæ of vegetable tonics _vide_ WHITE, vol.
ii.—_White._
TOOTH, _s._ One of the bones of the mouth with which the act of
mastication is performed; a tine, prong, a blade; the prominent
part of wheels.
_Decayed and tartared Teeth._—Sportsmen and persons living in the
country, who are habituated only to healthy dogs, will smile at such a
head line; but were they in London, or other large cities and towns,
where dogs are petted and immured in hot apartments night and day; where
also they are gorged with the richest food, and are not exercised but in
a carriage; and withal are probably descended from a long lineage of
parents equally unnaturally treated; they would see sufficient of these
effects of an imperfect digestion, to make them aware that this article
is perfectly in place; and the remarks which follow are in unison with
the general intention of these pages, to let nothing pass unnoticed,
which a long and critical attention to the habits and diseases of these
animals renders necessary to be guarded against and remedied. In the
dogs I have described, nothing is more common to find than carious
teeth, insufferably fœtid; others displaced, preventing mastication; or
an immense accumulation of tartar, which covers them, erodes the gums,
and makes the animal insufferably offensive. The veterinarian will often
be called on to remedy these evils: the decayed teeth he must remove,
and the displaced ones also; the tartaric deposit he must likewise
completely scale off with proper dental instruments; for the
accumulation is not only most unpleasant to the owners, but injurious to
the dogs, by its septic tendency, and its invariably ending in the
destruction of the teeth. The ulcerations are best removed by touching
them with a mixture of a proper strength made from the solution of the
chloride of soda with water: by the use of this, these ulcers will
quickly heal; and the continuance of it will do much to remove the
remaining fœtor, and stop the further deposit of tartar, particularly if
coupled with a corresponding improvement in the general treatment of the
animal.—_Blaine._
TOOTHACH, _s._ Pain in the teeth.
I have been lately told by a friend, who rarely errs in his
prescriptions, that the best cure for a toothach is,
One tablespoonful of rum,
Another of vinegar,
A teaspoonful of salt.