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DISEASES AND THEIE TP.EAT.MEXT. 



Giving Balls. 



Medicine is most commonly given to horses in the form of a 

 ball or bolas, the size of Avhich should not exceed that of a hen's 



FiCx. 884. — Bad method of giving ball. 



egg. Though named a hall, it is generally rolled up in a cilindri- 

 cal form, about one inch in diameter, and two and a half in length. 

 In giving a ball, the horse's tongue is drawn out on the off or right 

 side, and held firmly with the left hand, while with the right the 



Fig. 885. — Approved method. 



ball is quickly passed over the tongue into the pharynx, or top of 

 the gullet. The hand should be kept as near to the roof of the 

 mouth as possible in giving the ball ; there will then be much less 

 danger of being Wounded by the teeth. The moment the right 



