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assistant steady the head by holding the horn and nos- 

 trils and using a bottle or drenching horn. 



Dogs can be made to take liquid medicine by simply 

 holding the mouth open and allowing it to drop down- 

 ward toward the gullet. 



Whenever the properties of the medicines will allow 

 it, for dogs and horses their administration in pill form 

 will be most desirable for many reasons. The reason 

 that this is not more commonly done in the case of 

 horses is the fear of having the hand crushed. This 

 can be very readily overcame by the use of the little 

 instrument seen in Fig. 95 called a " mouth speculum," 



Fig. 95. Mouth speculum. 



