INJECTIONS. 



yomeutations of tins kind produce all the 

 eftects of a poultice, and they admit of being 

 far more readily applied. They may also be 

 applied in association Avith mustard embro- 

 cations. 



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Injections. — Injections consist in forcing 

 a fluid into the rectum either by means of a 

 hollow tube having a common bladder at- 

 tached to one end, or by what is called Eeid's 

 Patent Enema Pump, or by the common 

 syringe, such as the reader will perceive 

 figured in the annexed engraving. 



Injections in veternary practice are resorted 

 to in cases of Colic, Inflammation of the 

 Bowels, Constipation, Spasm of the Bladder, 

 and many other diseases of a kind to be 

 treated upon hereafter. Injections to pro- 

 duce their full eflect should be given warm — 

 hot, in fact, but not of a temperature to 

 scald the patient. I invariably use them so 

 myself. An injection of mere tepid water, is 

 of no service beyond softening any hardened 

 dung which may be impacted within the 

 rectum ; but if the contents of the rectum 

 be first cleared out, then an injection of soap 

 and water (the latter at a high temperature) 

 may be given with advantage, as it excites 

 a change throughout the system. I have 

 known in many cases of Colic, hot injections 

 to cure the disease almost at once. 



The administration of a hot injection 



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