Diseases of the American horse, Diseases of the American horse, and cattle and sheep : their treatment, with a list and full description of the medicines employed diseasesofameric00mccl Year: 1870 348 HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. Calomel.—Chloride of Mercury, Calomel slioiild be rarely used in horse and cattle prac- tice, from the fact that animals are not so subject to scrofulous diseases, and liver complaints, as man is, and as these are the diseases chiefly calling for calomel, we can in veterinary practice do without it, so far as internal use is concerned. For external application, in th
Diseases of the American horse, Diseases of the American horse, and cattle and sheep : their treatment, with a list and full description of the medicines employed diseasesofameric00mccl Year: 1870 348 HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. Calomel.—Chloride of Mercury, Calomel slioiild be rarely used in horse and cattle prac- tice, from the fact that animals are not so subject to scrofulous diseases, and liver complaints, as man is, and as these are the diseases chiefly calling for calomel, we can in veterinary practice do without it, so far as internal use is concerned. For external application, in the form of tlie black and yelloio-wash, it is valuable. Calomel sprinkled on unhealthy ulcers and sores is valuable, quickly changing their appearance. Calomel is sometimes used in thrush of the foot of the horse, inserted into the cleft of the frog. In cattle with foul claw, and in sheep with sore feet, it can be used to great advantage. A dog can take as much aloes as will kill a man, but a man can take as much calomel as will kill several doirs.
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