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seton are used in this method; (c) hypodermically, the 

 placing of the drug or serum under the skin or into the 

 tissues by the aid of the hypodermic syringe at the 

 present time the professional man uses this method in 

 the giving of cocaine, morphine, etc., the testing of ani- 

 mals with tuberculin and mallein and when performing 

 preventive inoculation for blackleg, and in the use of 

 serums. 



GIVING MEDICINES TO HORSES. 



1. Powders, if not objectionable to the animal, may be 

 given in the feed, when distasteful may be mixed with 

 molasses and placed on the back of the tongue with a 

 spoon or wooden paddle. The latter way is a nice method 

 of giving drugs to horses suffering with sore throat, etc. 



2. Drenching is the old way of giving fluids, and is a 

 useful way when large quantities are to be given. Back 

 the horse in a single stall and raise the head by means of 

 a stable fork placed through the nose band of the head- 

 stall (halter), or better take a hame strap, buckle it, 

 thus making a loop, slip into the mouth just back of the 

 front upper teeth, then raise by means of a rope or fork 

 until the teeth are a little above the horizontal. The 

 medicine which is in a tin, hard rubber, or even a strong 

 glass bottle or funnel, is poured in from the off side, the 

 person drenching steadies the head with his left hand on 

 the headstall, which should be slack enough to let the 

 mouth open, and slowly pours in about a half cupful at 

 a time. If any attempts at coughing are made, at once 

 let the head down. Never seize the tongue or pinch the 

 nostrils when drenching. If the animal does not swallow 



