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and in any desired quantity. It is a mistake to suppose any 

 force is required. I he fluid Avill fall by the force of gravity, 

 and as the intestinal canal is in animals when standino^, lower 

 than the outer opening of the gut, the injection will slowly 

 but surely penetrate without the use of force. 



Another useful instrument on the same plan is Professor 

 Gamgee's Funnel. It consists of a straight metallic tube, 12 

 Indies long, tapered and rounded oif at one end, bent at a 

 right angle at the opposite extremity, which supports a broad 

 funnel about 6 inches deep and 7 in its greatest diameter. 

 Its extremity should be oiled and introduced into the rectum, 

 and the fluid poured into the funnel. The injection may be 

 repeated every quarter of an hour until relief is experienced. 



riG. 4. — PKOF. gamgee's funnel fojr injection. 



Suppositories. Almost all medicines may be given to 

 animals in the same doses, by the rectum as by the mouth. 

 They may be made in a solid form, something like a ball, 

 by means of soap, lard, or starch, and are then called sup- 

 positories. A cylinder of soap introduced into the rectum 

 of young foals and calves encourages the action of the 

 bowels and ducts more promptly than a purge. Supposi- 

 tories may be made with disinfectants and introduced into 



