Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1911 — Uses of Laudanum. [ARTICLE]

Uses of Laudanum.

t Every farmer should keep laudanum on the place, and an eight-ounce bottle will be little enough to have on hand, as a full grown horse of, say, 1,200 pounds will require two ounces for one dose. It is the sheet anchor in all diseases of extremely painful nature, such as colic, acute indigestion and inflammation of the'bowels. A full dose of this, combined with sweet nitre, Is a favorite colic dose with many veterinarians and in most cases will relieve the pain in a short time. It must not be given, however, if the colic is the result pf over-eating, or of stoppage in the bowels, as it has a tendency to /.check the bowel movement, and. in this . -case the action of the bowels should be stimulated and not checked. This effect of laudanum makes it a valuable remedy for diarrhoea or scours. Foals - may be given one of two teaspoonfuls in a little boiled milk every three or four hours until better. ” ’