Handbook for Light ArtilleryDyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)
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Handbook for Light Artillery
Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)
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=Ammonia= (Aromatic).--Useful in acute indigestion and flatulant colic.
Dose, one ounce every two hours until better.
=Arnica= (Tincture).--Useful in all cases of bruises and sprains;
should be applied frequently.
=Arsenic.=--Useful as a tonic or alterative. Dose, five grains given
three times a day in the food.
=Belladonna= (Tincture).--Useful in allaying pains and spasms. Dose,
one to two drachms, repeated every four hours.
=Bromide of Potassium.=--Useful as a nerve sedative. Dose, two to four
drachms three times a day, given in water.
=Castor Oil.=--Useful as a cathartic. Dose, one pint.
=Chloral Hydrate=--Useful in allaying pain. Dose, one-half ounce every
four hours until relief comes.
=Chloroform.=--Useful as an anæsthetic and anodyne in allaying pain.
Dose, one to three drachms given in four ounces cold water.
=Digitalis= (Tincture).--Useful as a heart stimulant. Also for coughs
and colds. Dose, one drachm three times a day.
=Dovers Powders.=--Useful for colds and coughs. Dose, three drachms
three times a day in feed.
=Gentian.=--Useful as a tonic. Dose of tincture, one ounce; of ground,
one half ounce--in feed three times a day.
=Ginger.=--Useful as a tonic and stimulant. Dose, tincture, one ounce;
ground, one ounce--in feed three times a day.
=Iodine= (Tincture).--Useful when applied externally for sprains,
bruises, etc.
=Iodoform.=--Useful when applied to galls. Take one part iodoform and
three parts sulphur and cover the gall with the powder. Iodoform one
part, cosmoline nine parts, makes a good antiseptic ointment.
=Iron= (Sulphate).--Useful for worms and as a tonic. Dose, one half
ounce three times a day.
=Iron= (Tincture).--Checks bleeding, when applied externally; is a
tonic internally. Dose, one half ounce in water three times a day.
=Laudanum.=--Useful in allaying pain. Dose, one to two ounces, to be
repeated every two hours if pain lasts.
=Lead= (Acetate, Sugar of Lead).--Useful for wounds, bruises, sprains,
and to allay inflammation. One ounce to one quart of water, and apply
often.
=Linseed-oil=.--Purgative. Dose, ten to thirty ounces.
=Nitre= (Saltpetre, Nitrate Potash).--Is useful in fevers, blood
disorders, and sluggish kidneys. Dose, one half to one ounce a day.
=Podophyllin.=--Useful in liver disorders. Dose, one to two drachms
once a day.
=Quinine.=--Useful in all debilitating fevers and where there is loss
of appetite. Dose, twenty to thirty grains five times a day in pills.
=Resin=.--Useful in kidney disorders. Dose, one half ounce three times
a day in feed.
=Soda= (Bicarbonate).--Useful in cases where an antacid is required.
Dose, six drachms three times a day in feed.
=Soda Sulphate= (Glauber Salts).--Useful where a saline laxative is
required. Dose, one pound.
=Santonine.=--Useful for worms. Dose, two to four drachms.
=Sweet Spirits Nitre.=--Useful for colic and kidney trouble. Dose, one
to two ounces in cold water, to be repeated if necessary.
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