BLISTERING, PHYSIC, ETC. 



the free end of the rope thrown over a beam. 

 The old-fashioned plan of using a stable-fork is 

 a most dangerous one. The head must be held 

 well up and the liquid allowed to trickle slowly 

 down the throat by placing the neck of the 

 bottle in the month at the left side, but the 

 bottle neck must never be allowed to pass 

 between the molar teeth, especially, if a glass 

 one. When administering a ball, the tongue 

 should be drawn with the left hand, the bolus 

 taken between the fingers of the right hand, and 

 smartly passed on to the back of the tongue, the 

 mouth being immediately closed afterwards, to 

 watch for the descent of the bolus down the 

 gullet. 



FIRING; OR, THE ACTUAL CAUTERY 



From the earliest times firing has been re- 

 sorted to as a means of alleviating or curing 

 lameness, arising from such troubles as bone- 

 spavin, splint, curb, ringbone, &:c., though very 

 often it does no good. 



When judiciously employed, it certainly 

 constitutes one of the most valuable adjuncts 



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