HOW TO GIVE THE EEMEDY. 81 



How to give the Remedy. 



Not among the least recommendations for the use 

 of these Homoeopathic Specifics, is the ease and facil- 

 ity with which they may be administered. No tying, 

 struggling, or choking are necessary. The animal 

 should be approached quietly, usually on the OFF 

 SIDE if the Medicator is to be used, and medicine 

 placed, if possible, upon the tongue, well back 

 thence it is absorbed, and acts through the medium 

 of the nervous system. The simplest method of 

 doing this is best. For this purpose I prefer the use 

 of the Medicator a small glass instrument invented 

 by me. It is about five inches in length, made of 

 firm, heavy glass tubing, (see plate page,) the lower 

 third bent so as to enter the mouth with facility, and 

 terminating in a fine orifice. The upper end funnel- 

 shaped the size of the end of the finger, and covered 

 with an air-tight rubber- cap, so as to form an air 

 receiver. The Medicator, taken in the right hand, 

 with the fore-finger upon the top or rubber valve, is 

 introduced into the proper vial, and pressing slightly 

 upon the valve the air is exhausted, and on removing 

 the finger the fluid is forced up into the tube sufficient 

 for a dose. A little experience will enable one to 

 take up five, ten or more drops as may be required. 

 The Medicator thus charged with the dose, can, at 

 the convient moment, be inserted just within the lips 

 of the animal's mouth, the farther back upon the 

 tongue the better, when a slight pressure upon the 



