Tonics from the mineral kingdom.—Preparations of quicksilver or mercury; of iron; of zinc; of copper; of arsenic; of oxymuriate of potash.
From the vegetable kingdom.—Peruvian bark, pale, yellow, and red; Angostura bark; snake-root; contrayerva; canella alba; cascarilla; calumba; quassia; simarouba; gentian; camomile; wormwood; centaury; Seville orange peel; horehound. Minerals may be employed either separately, or in combination.
The following are examples:—
| No. 1. | Powdered arsenic | from | 5 to 10 gr. |
| Powdered aniseed | ½ oz. | ||
| Opium | ½ dr. | ||
| Treacle enough to form the ball. | |||
| No. 2. | Arsenic | from | 5 to 10 gr. |
| Sulphate of copper | ½ dr. | ||
| Opium | ½ dr. | ||
| Powdered caraways | ½ oz. | ||
| Treacle enough to form the ball. | |||
| No. 3. | Arsenic | from | 5 to 10 gr. |
| Opium | ½ dr. | ||
| Sulphate of zinc | 2 dr. | ||
| Caraway seeds | ½ oz. | ||
| Treacle enough for the ball. | |||
For the numerous formulæ of vegetable tonics vide White, vol. ii.—White.
Tooth, s. One of the bones of the mouth with which the act of mastication is performed; a tine, prong, a blade; the prominent part of wheels.
Decayed and tartared Teeth.—Sportsmen and persons living in the country, who are habituated only to healthy dogs, will smile at such a head line; but were they in London, or other large cities and towns, where dogs are petted and immured in hot apartments night and day; where also they are gorged with the richest food, and are not exercised but in a carriage; and withal are probably descended from a long lineage of parents equally unnaturally treated; they would see sufficient of these effects of an imperfect digestion, to make them aware that this article is perfectly in place; and the remarks which follow are in unison with the general intention of these pages, to let nothing pass unnoticed, which a long and critical attention to the habits and diseases of these animals renders necessary to be guarded against and remedied. In the dogs I have described, nothing is more common to find than carious teeth, insufferably fœtid; others displaced, preventing mastication; or an immense accumulation of tartar, which covers them, erodes the gums, and makes the animal insufferably offensive. The veterinarian will often be called on to remedy these evils: the decayed teeth he must remove, and the displaced ones also; the tartaric deposit he must likewise completely scale off with proper dental instruments; for the accumulation is not only most unpleasant to the owners, but injurious to the dogs, by its septic tendency, and its invariably ending in the destruction of the teeth. The ulcerations are best removed by touching them with a mixture of a proper strength made from the solution of the chloride of soda with water: by the use of this, these ulcers will quickly heal; and the continuance of it will do much to remove the remaining fœtor, and stop the further deposit of tartar, particularly if coupled with a corresponding improvement in the general treatment of the animal.—Blaine.
Toothach, s. Pain in the teeth.
I have been lately told by a friend, who rarely errs in his prescriptions, that the best cure for a toothach is,
One tablespoonful of rum,