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schools have to learn this portion of their profession under heavy diffi- 

 culties. The fuss which accompanies this simple operation in such insti- 

 tutions alarms the horse. It is turned round in its stall ; the twitch is 

 put upon the upper lip ; a futile attempt is made to hold the jaws apart; 

 while the nervousness of the young student who is about to perform, — 

 all are likely to exercise an evil influence upon a sensitive and a timid 

 creature. 



BIB. GOWINa'S METHOD OF ORASPINO THE JAWS AFTER THE DELIYERT OF A BALL. 



Veterinary surgeons, however, soon learn to give a ball with greater 

 speed and with less ceremony. They go alone up to the head, and 

 play for a time with the quadruped's face. Confidence being thus esti^- 

 lished, the practitioner gently withdraws the creature's tongue. This 

 being accomplished, of course the jaws are sundered ; when, without 

 any sign of flurry, the hand is introduced into the cavity and the medi- 

 cine properly lodged. After such a manner, the practiced veterinarian 

 gives many balls in the course of the day, and is hardly ever known to 

 fail. Indeed, were the practitioner, when going his rounds, to wait iill 



