LIST OF DRUGS.                                                                                  141

Acid carbolic oint-

ment

...

...

...

Dressing for wounds, sores

and ulcers. To slough-
ing and unhealthy
wounds—Tuson

Acid, gallic

...

...

Astringent, styptic—Tuson

Astringent, styptic—Tuson

...

...

...

1 to 2
drs.

Acid, nitric

Shora ka tezab

—Steel

...

...



Caustic—Steel. Deodori-

zer, disinfectant—Tuson

Acid, nitric (dilute)

Shora ka tezab

Tonic, astringent—Tuson.

In chronic skin and liver

diseases—Tuson

Caustic, deodorizer, dis-

infectant—Tuson

...


...

...

1 to 3

drs.

Given in a bucket

of water

Acid, tannic

...

...

Astringent, styptic—Tuson

Astringent, styptic—Tuson

...

...

...

1 to 2

drs.

Aconite leaves

Atis, butch-
nagh—Steel.
Bish (bikh),
butch naag
Slymm

Sedative—Steel, Slymm,
Tuson.
Anodyne—Tuson

Anodyne ; allays rheumatic
pains—Tuson

Doubtful

⅛ to 1
tola

...

½ to ¾
dr.

Aconitum napellus

Aconite, tincture ...

Sedative —Tuson. In fevers

Anodyne—Tuson ...

...

....

...

20 to 30
drops

If Fleming's tinc-
ture instead of
British Pharma-
copoeia prepara-
tion is used, dose
5 to 10 drops

Adeps, præparata

Churlii—Steel

...

Vehicle—Steel. Dressing
to blistered surfaces, and
protects parts from the
irritating action of acrid
discharges, used in pre-
paration of various oint-
ments

...

...

..

...

l,arcl

Aether

...

...

Stimulant, narcotic, anti-
spasmodic—Tuson

Refrigerent—Tuson

...

...

...

1 to 2
ozs.

Sulphuric aether
given in fatigue
in an enema

Aether, nitrous

...

...

Diffusible stimulant—Steel.
Anti-spasmodic, diuretic,
diaphoretic

...

4 ozs.

...

...

3 to 4
ozs.

Spirits aether ni-
trosi. (Sweet
spirits of nitre)

Albumen, egg

Nutrient ; antidote to cor-
rosive poisons

...

White of egg

Allspice

...

See Pimento

* The " Materia Medica Veterinaria Indica " (Indian Veterinary Manuals), Part I, by Veterinary Surgeons Steel and Symonds, A.V.D., published by the Lawrence Asylum Press,
Madras, contains valuable information on Indian drugs, their actions and uses and is strongly recommended for ready reference.