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DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



No. 3. 



man and beast is heir, 



No. 3, is a spring lancet, and 

 was invented by a Mr. Weiss, of 

 London, for the use of farmers 

 who couki not use its more suro;i- 

 cal prototype, the lancet. This 

 was at a time when bleeding was 

 thought to be the great panacea 

 for all the ills and aches, to which 



No. 5. 



Ko. 6. 



JS'o. 4. 



No. 4, is a small syringe, used for injecting medi- 

 cines into the cavities of tumours, to destroy their dis- 

 eased walls. 



No. 5, is a curved trocar and canula, and is used for 

 piercing dropsical swellings and tumours, to run ofi" the 

 fluid. The trocar is drawn out after the parts have been 

 pierced, and the canula remains as a tube, whereby the 

 water escapes. 



No. 6, is a straight trocar with canula, and is used in 

 different sizes, and for various pui-poses. Irs first, and 



