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.