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The mode of giving a clyster is now rendered simple 

 enough, because a pump and tul)e are expressly made for ihe 

 purpose ; and it is only necessary to pass the greased end of the 

 tube carefully into the rectum, for about eight or nine inches, 

 and then pump tlie liquid up until a sufficient quantity is given. 

 From a gallon to six quarts is the average quantity, but in 

 colic a much larger amount is required. 



Lotions are applied by means of cloth bandages, if used 

 to the legs ; or by a piece of cloth tied over the parts, if to 

 any other surface. 



Fomentations are very serviceable to the horse in all recent 

 external inflammations; and it is astonishing what may be 

 done by a careful person, with warm water alone, and a good- 

 sized sponge. Sometimes, by means of an elastic tube and 

 stop-cock, warm water is conducted in a continuous stream 

 over an inflamed part, as in severe wounds, etc., in which this 

 plan is found wonderfully successful in allaying the irritation, 

 which is so likely to occur in the nervous system of the horse. 

 A vessel of warm water is placed above the level of the horse's 

 back, and a small india-rubber tube leads from it to a sponge 

 fixed above the parts, from which the water runs to the ground 

 as fast as it is over-filled. This plan can be very easily carried 

 out by any person of ordinary ingenuity. 



