IKJEOTIONS. 



romentations of this kind produce all the 

 effects of a poultice, and they admit of being 

 far more readily appUed. They may also be 

 applied in association with mustard embro- 

 cations. 



In jECTiosrs. — 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 wiU perceive 

 figured ia the annexed engraving. 



In veterinary practice. Injections are re- 

 sorted to iu cases of colic, inflammation of 

 the bowels, constipation, spasm of the blad- 

 der, and many other diseases of a Jdnd to be 

 treated upon hereafter. Injections, to pro- 

 duce their full effect, 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 flrst 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. In many 

 cases of colic I have known hot injections to 

 cure the disease almost at once. 



The administration of a hot injection 



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