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VETERINARY HOMCEOPATHY. 



The remedies being in a liquid form, the best means of 

 administering them to the horse is, to put six drops on a 

 small piece of bread, or on a wafer of flour paste, and to 

 raise the horse's head a little, '' press down the tongue to 

 one side, and pull it out as far as may be, and then place 

 the wafer as far back as possible ; after which the mouth 

 is held closed with the hand, in order to compel the animal 

 to swallow the wafer." Schoefer says : In some cases the 

 dose has to be repeated ; but all useless and improper rep- 

 etitions should be avoided. If no change of any kind 

 should take place after the first dose, this is a sure sign 

 that the medicine had been improperly selected, and that a 



