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needle, but three times as broad. This, being armed with 

 a skain of thread, or a piece of tape, about six or eig-ht 

 inches long*, is passed through about two inches of the skin, 

 commonly of the neck, though any other part may very pro- 

 perly have a seton placed in it if requisite. The needle is 

 then removed, and the tape suffered to remain, either tied 

 end to end, or a knot may be made at each end to prevent 

 the tape from coming out. 



Setons may be beneficially used in a variety of cases, as 

 canker, mange, diseased eyes, fits, &c. &c.; but their most 

 general application is in distemper, in which they are very 

 commonly used, but not, I think, in many instances with the 

 benefit expected from them. 



Sickness^ excessive. 



The stomach sometimes takes on a disposition to reject 

 every thing taken into it. Various causes may produce this ; 

 such as too strong an emetic, which will sometimes occasion 

 incessant vomiting for two or three days after it has been 

 taken. In such a case, give every now and then, or after 

 each vomiting, a few drops of laudanum in a little gravy, 

 gruel, or rice water. In instances of frequent sickness, 

 arisins: from a weakened stomach, boiled milk will some- 

 times remain when every thing beside is rejected. In such 

 cases, the bitter stomachics should also be tried, as Colombo, 

 camomile, and gentian, with the addition of very small doses 

 of opium. 



A foul stomach, as it is called, shews itself also by frequent 

 sickness. Indigestion, or worms, or more frequently bile, 

 entering the stomach by inverted peristaltic motion, may be 

 the origin of such nausea. In cases of indigestion, an emetic 

 should be first given ; and then stomachics may properly fol- 

 low. The sickness arising from worms may also be treated in 

 the same way, concluding with a course of worm remedies. 



