This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...plant closely allied to mustard--is used by natives in the treatment of mange, and is a good remedy, though irritating to the skin, and therefore only fit to be applied over small portions of it at a time. It is on this account less useful than milder kinds of oil mixed with sulphur, which can be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...plant closely allied to mustard--is used by natives in the treatment of mange, and is a good remedy, though irritating to the skin, and therefore only fit to be applied over small portions of it at a time. It is on this account less useful than milder kinds of oil mixed with sulphur, which can be rubbed over the whole body without fear. The above are the medicines most commonly bought at bazaars, but there are many others which are extremely useful and well worth study. I would strongly advise every one in charge of horses in India to buy an excellent little book upon 'Bazaar Medicines, ' by Dr. Waring, formerly surgeon in the Indian Army. It is full of important information, and the most reliable work upon the subject that I have ever seen. It is sold by Churchill, of New Burlington Street, London. There is only one medicine in the use of which the book might mislead, and to which it is therefore important to draw attention. In describing aconite Dr. Waring only mentions the Aconitum heterophyllum, which grows in India, and is called atis in Hindustani. This is not very poisonous, being given in half-dram doses to men with intermittent fever, and is very different in its effects to the Aconitum napellus from which Fleming's tincture and that of the British Pharmacopoeia are made. It is advisable to obtain this tincture from the Government stores; but when not procurable, an excellent substitute can be made from the root of the Aconitum ferox, which is sold in the bazaars. It is fully as strong as the napellus, and belongs to the same natural order of plants, the Eanunculacese. Its Hindustani name is mahur, though it is sometimes called bish or bikh, which merely means poison. It grows in the Himalayas, and is said to be used by the..
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