. Diseases in the American stable, field and farmyard : containing a familiar description of diseases, their nature, cause and symptoms, the most approved method of treatment, and the properties and use of remedies, with directions for preparing them. Veterinary medicine; Horses. SODA. 261 decoction, or tea of the snake root to their horses. It is an excellent remedy in coughs, bronchitis, cold, etc. Take one ounce, and boil in a pint and a half of water, and strain through a sieve or strainer. Dose.—For a horse, half a pint; mixed in his feed, night and morning. SialagOgues.—Medicines which i
. Diseases in the American stable, field and farmyard : containing a familiar description of diseases, their nature, cause and symptoms, the most approved method of treatment, and the properties and use of remedies, with directions for preparing them. Veterinary medicine; Horses. SODA. 261 decoction, or tea of the snake root to their horses. It is an excellent remedy in coughs, bronchitis, cold, etc. Take one ounce, and boil in a pint and a half of water, and strain through a sieve or strainer. Dose.—For a horse, half a pint; mixed in his feed, night and morning. SialagOgues.—Medicines which increase the secretion of saliva, such as aconite in large doses, and second crop clover, after it has been exposed to cold nights or a little frost. Silver.—Nitrate of—Lunar Caustic.—Used as a caustic to unhealthy sores and ulcers, and a solution, three to four grains to an ounce of rain or distilled water, is used to the eye in purulent ophthalmia. The nitrate of silver is too costly for general use. The sulphate of copper, or blue stone, will for most purposes answer as well, and is very CAUSTIC HOLDER. Soap.—A combination of fatty acid with an alkali. Soap Liniment.—Opodeldoc.—A very useful appli- cation for sprains, bruises, and for stiff joints. Soda.—A mineral alkali. ^ (1.) Carbonate of Soda.—Useful as an antacid, in doses of from two to four drachms. (2.) Sulphate oe Soda.—(See Glauber's Salts.) (3.) Sulphite of Soda.—This is made by passing a stream of sulphurous acid through a concentrated solution. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McClure, Robert. Philadelphia : Porter
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