Veterinary materia medica and therapeuticsW.R. Jenkins, 1905 - 859 pages |
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absorption acetate action acute alcohol alkaline alkaloid aloes ammonia animals antiseptic applied astringent atropine belladonna bitter blood boiling boric acid bowels calomel carbolic acid carbonate cause cent centres chloral chloride chloroform chronic colic Constituents.-1 depression diarrhoea digestive digitalis dilatation diluted diseases disinfectant dogs Dose.-H Dose.-Same drachms drug emetic employed ether externally fluid Fluidextract given glycerin H₂O heart heat horses increased inflammation injection insoluble intestinal iodide iodine irritation large doses linseed liquid medicine milk morphine mucous membrane muscles muscular nerve nervous nitrate odor odorless ointment opium ounces oxide pain paralysis peristalsis pill pilocarpine poisoning potassium potassium iodide powder Properties.-A pulse purgative quinine relieve respiration respiratory salicylic salicylic acid salts secretion skin sodium sodium bicarbonate soluble solution spinal stimulant stomach strychnine subcutaneously sulphate sulphur tannic acid taste temperature tinc tincture tion tissues toxic tract treatment turpentine urine vascular vessels veterinary volatile oil vomiting
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Page 281 - An alcoholic liquid obtained by the distillation of the fermented, unmodified juice of fresh grapes, and at least four years old.
Page 535 - I to 2 cm. thick upright, subglobular or obconical, truncate at both ends, brown or yellowishbrown, internally whitish or pale brownish, with a narrow circle of white wood under the thin bark. Roots numerous, slender, brittle, brown with a thick bark, and slender, ligneous cord. Odor peculiar, becoming stronger and unpleasant on keeping ; taste camphoraceous and somewhat bitter.] Resembling Valerian.
Page 349 - Pharmacopoeia, defined as a colorless mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly of the methane series, obtained by distilling off the lighter and more volatile portions from petroleum, and purifying the residue.
Page 348 - A mixture of hydrocarbons, chiefly of the marsh-gas series, obtained by distilling off the lighter and more volatile portions from petroleum, and purifying the residue when it has reached the desired melting point.
Page 347 - White, opaque, amorphous pieces, or a white, granular powder, odorless when perfectly dry; deliquescent in the air and exhaling the odor of hydrocyanic acid.
Page 433 - Ibs. of live weight) may be divided into three stages. In the first stage, there is restlessness, anxiety and terror, with rhythmical movements.
Page 590 - Subglobular, 1 or 2 cm. in diameter, more or less tuberculated above, otherwise smooth, heavy, hard; often with a circular hole near the middle, communicating with the central cavity; blackish olive-green or blackish-gray...
Page 142 - Opaque, prismatic crystals, or a granular powder, exhaling an odor of sulphur dioxide, and having a disagreeable, sulphurous taste. Exposed to the air the salt loses sulphur dioxide, and is gradually oxidized to sulphate. Soluble in 3.5 parts of water and in 70 parts of alcohol at 25° C.
Page 468 - A white or grayish -white, amorphous powder, odorless, but causing intense irritation and sneezing when even a. minute quantity reaches the nasal mucous membrane; having an acrid taste, and leaving a sensation of tingling and numbness on the tongue; slightly hygroscopic in moist air.
Page 553 - Mm. (1 inch) thick, the upper portion closely annulate, the lower portion longitudinally wrinkled; externally deep yellowish-brown; internally lighter; somewhat flexible and tough when damp; rather brittle when dry; fracture uneven; the bark rather thick; separated from the somewhat spongy meditullium by a black cambium line; odor peculiar, faint, more prominent when moistened; taste sweetish and persistently bitter"— (USP).