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picture of a man in the act of giving a dose of liquid 

 medicine by the mouth. It will be seen that one man 

 is holding up the head of the animal by placing a loop 

 of rope or a leather strap in the mouth and then insert- 

 ing one of the prongs of a fork and holding up the 

 mouth to the height desired ; the other man is seen 

 standing on a box holding a bottle so that the contents 

 will slowly flow into the mouth of the horse to be 

 drenched. One or two warnings must be given here. 

 Don't drench the horse through the nostrils. If the 

 horse gives a cough while being drenched, lower the 

 head immediately. Not more than 2 fluid ounces should 

 be placed in the mouth at once and see that the animal 

 swallows that before getting another two ounces. The 

 throat should not be squeezed to make the animal 

 swallow. Don't hold the tongue while drenching. 

 Don't be in too much hurry to get the bottle or drench- 

 ing horn emptied. This is a very simple way of giving 

 bulky medicines that are in a liquid state and the most 

 of our best medicines for the common diseases such as 

 colic, chills and indigestion can only be given in this 

 form, Oatmeal gruel and linseed tea or milk and eggs 

 for nutriment can often be advantageously given by 

 this method. In lock-jaw or other diseases where 

 drenching is not practicable the medicines may be 

 given by being injected into the rectum with the syringe 

 seen in Fig. 94. Cows may be drenched by having an 



Fig. 94. Syringe for rectal injections, 



