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be made to submit to the farrier in being shod, and will soon 

 learn to submit afterwards, and probably without the repetition 

 of the ether. 



Any one will see how important it is to be able tlius to con- 

 trol animals during many operations that they may be required 

 to submit to. 



The apparatus for etherizing a bull will of course be fitted to 

 the form of his nose, and should be in other respects like that for 

 the horse ; lie will bear the ether perfectly well in full doses. 



The hog I have not seen under etherization, but I doubt not he 

 will readily come under its influence, but I do not think he will 

 bear so well a high dose as a horse or ox. 



Sheep bear it perfectly well, at least they do the breathing of 

 pure ether, I do not know how chloroform may aifect them, and 

 should be a little more careful in the administration of that agent. 

 It is probable, however, that the admixture of chloroform with 

 ether will prove safe and efhcieut. Sheep have been operated 

 upon under ether in Esgland successfully, since the publication 

 of my discovery. 



Wild and ferocious animals of the menagerie, have been ethe- 

 rized successfully in Europe, and surgeons have fearlessly per- 

 formed upon them surgical operations while they were in an 

 etherial sleep. 



It is supposed that the tiger and leopard are very susceptible 

 to the influence of anaesthetic agents, like all the cat kind. 



In administering anaesthetic agents to such animals, I sup- 

 pose a sponge would be attached to a strong rod, so as to be 

 placed near the nose of the confined animal which should be 

 fastened by a chain so that he could not successfully resist the 

 application. 



In Berlin, chloroform was administered to a bear without due 

 admixture of air and it killed him. 



