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the nostrils will hasten the needed result. Older dogs 

 often become experienced patients in deception, some- 

 times feigning to swallow, and on their release will walk 

 to a distance and calmly eject the pill, not simply once, 

 but frequently. Some practitioners seize the jaws from 

 above by the left hand, and press the cheeks on each 

 side into the mouth, thus causing the animal to separate 

 the jaws. It is obvious that only small dogs can be thus 

 treated. Large animals are usually held between the 

 knees, while assistants, by means of a tape or cord looped 

 behind the tusks, forcibly separate the jaws. 



The Electuary is a semi-soft or pasty preparation, the 

 base of which is honey, treacle, &c., containing the need- 

 ful remedy. Successive portions are placed on the 

 tongue, which the creature seldom dislikes, and during 

 the consequent insalivation pass to the stomach (see 

 p. 128). ^ 



The Draught. — This is a fluid mixture contauimg the 

 requisite quantity of each remedy, the whole of which is 

 to be given as one dose. A ??iixture is usually under- 

 stood to be two, three, or more doses, for the apportion- 

 ment of which specific directions are given. 



To administer a draught the operator proceeds as follows : 

 Fairly manageable animals are taken on the knee by an 

 assistant, who steadies the head by means of the left 

 hand, the thumb being placed across the nose, and the 

 fingers beneath the lower branches. The operator in- 

 serts one finger of the left hand into the angle of the 

 cheek of the right side, and drawing it away from the 

 teeth a suitable pouch is formed, into which the fluid is 

 poured in successive quantities as the animal swallows. 

 Small and even some large dogs are often successfully 

 managed by practitioners without any assistance. The 

 medicine, being prepared, is put into a one or twoounce 

 bottle, and manipulated by the right hand. The dog is 

 raised to the knees, encircled by the left arm, and the 

 nose firmly held by the left hand. The mouth of the 

 bottle is placed within the angle of the lip of the right 

 side, when the thumb presses from the outside, the effect 

 being to capture the cheek, draw it from the teeth, and 



