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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
The seton should be pulled backwards and forwards at least 
once a day. A seton may be left in for two or three weeks, but it 
is desirable to change the tape every four or five days. A seton 
must not be kept in too long, or it may result in a ridge being formed 
through the exudation becoming organised. 
Hoof knife. — Double-edged hoof searching knife, also a fine- 
pointed one, right and left. A farrier's rasp. 
Bistoury. — One double bistoury. 
Measure glasses. — Minim, 4 ozs., i pt. 
Mortar and pestle. — Iron and wedgwood (two). 
Probes. — Whalebone. Three, 8 ins., 12 ins. and 18 ins. in 
length. Used in examining and ascertaining extent of wounds, also 
for feeling for foreign bodies, etc. Care must be exercised in using 
probes in the vicinity of joints. 
Saw. — Fret saw for teeth, and ordinary bone saw for cutting 
tusks. 
Scales and weights. — Grain scales and weights. Scales and 
weights from 2 lbs. down. 
Scalpels. — Four stout knives with metal handles to enable them 
to be boiled before and after use, employed for opening abscesses, etc. 
Scissors. — One dressing scissors, one trimming scissors. 
Enema. — Read's patent enema pump (brass), capacity i qt. or 
3 pts. ; also two ebony pipes ; the ordinary one used in horse practice, 
about 10 ins. or i i ins. long, may be used for administering liquid 
medicines through the mouth, 
as suggested by Steel. The 
other for giving enemas should 
be at least double the length, 
22 ins. to 24 ins. in length, 
slightly thicker with a larger 
passage. Eight to 10 ft. of 
good rubber tubing is requisite ; 
this can be fitted 
on to the screws 
of the syringe and 
ebony pipe. 
In case this pattern is not obtainable, an enema funnel may be 
used of the pattern (see Fig. 35) ; the length of the pipe must be 
2 ft. at least. 
Syringes. — One wound syringe, with three metal bulbous pipes, 
the longest to be 8 ins., for syringing out abscesses, wounds, etc., 
or two Quittor syringes (brass), with finger rings (J to i pt.), 
and glass syringes (i to 2 ozs.), for introduction of eye lotions, 
€tc. Trocar and canula (Campbell's), three. These are most useful 
Fig. 35. — Enema funnel. 
