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highly serviceable. The most common is the warm, moist air from a steam 

 kettle, or the steam vapour from a hot mash or a sop of hay in the bottom of a 

 stable bucket, the nose of the horse being held over it for twenty minutes three 

 or four times a day. The action is very much benefited when about one 

 tablespoonful of camphor shavings, turpentine, carbolic acid, or oil of eucalyptus 

 is put amongst the hay before pouring on the hot water. 



loSg. Insufflators are hollow tubes, made either of vulcanite, wood. Japanned tin, 

 or India rubber wdth a glass nozzle. They are of various lengths and shapes. The 

 ordinary nasal insufflator is a hollow vulcanite tube about nine inches long with 

 an India-rubber ball, having a hole in it, fixed to the broad end of the tube. It 

 is used for inserting di^y dressings, such as iodoform, into wounds, and the nose or 

 ear. The dressing is put into an opening in the side of the tube, near the broad 

 end, this is covered by a slide. The small end of the instrument is inserted into 

 the nose, e.ir, &c,, the rubber ball is then pressed and the dressing is distributed 

 into the affected parts. 



logo. Inoculations, Vaccinep, ok Anti-toxine Treatment. — These agents are said 

 to have a protecting influence, and prevent the disease-producing, organisms 

 invading the body. The vaccines or serums are prepared by cultivating the 

 microbes that cause the disease, in certain media, or by inoculating animals 

 with the microbes, and so, by passing them through their bodies, producing an 

 attenuated form of vaccine. They are used to prevent as well as to cure 

 diseases. 



logi. Restraint Rope for the Horse. — Put the horse loose, into a stall but 

 with a halter on the head and twitch on the nose. Double a strong cart-rope, 

 and tie the loop end to the ring in the manger, or to the staps of the hay-rick ; 

 then twist the loose ends of the rope together, and carry behind the thighs, 

 above the hock ; here make a loop in the rope, and pass the ends_ over the top 

 of the stall division and around the stall post, putting the free end of the rope 

 through the loop behind the thighs ; one or two attendants pulling the rope 

 tight. Firing the hind legs can frequently be accomplished under this method. 

 If possible Operate on the leg next to the boards, then change sides for the other 

 leg. For the Cow. —A ready mode of restraint is to put a strong, soft rope 

 around the body of the animal, over the loins and in front of the udder, or 

 the sheath in the male. Tie the ends of the rope securely, and put a strong 

 walking stick under the rope on one side of the spine, and twist the stick round 

 and round until the rope is sufficiently tight. This will prevent the animal 

 from kicking and keep it quiet during the operation. Another method is to 

 tie a piece of rope, about five feet long, around the hind legs ; the middle of 

 the rope is put around the outside of the left hind leg above the hock, and 

 the ends brought between the legs and twisted, bringing one end in front of 

 the right hock, and the other behind, and knotting together on the outside. 



