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their gravity. A good instrument for use may be a pail, with a tube 
extending from the. bottom connecting with a half-inch rubber hose, of 
suitable length, so that the pail may hang just high enough above the 
animal to be out of their reach in moving about. Oil the end to be in, 
6erted into tho rectum, and the fluid may be passed into the gut, as much 
or as little as may be desired, and with much better effect thau whei\ 
strong pressure is brought to bear on the fluid. 
When solid substances are administered per rectum, they are called 
suppositories. They are often useful and simple, as in the case of a 
small cylinder of soap, for young calves, to encourage the action of tho 
bowels and ducts : and in the case of cows, in the use of disinfectants, 
to purify the dischai’ges and lessen the danger of puerperal fever; sup- 
positories are made into form by means of soap, starch, lard, etc. 
Vapors, Spraying and Fumigation. 
These are medicaments drawn in with the breath. Chloroform and 
ether may be administered by means of a sponge filled with the agent and 
APPLICATION OP STEAM TO THE NOSTRILS. 
held to the nose. Vapors are easily produced from liquid substances by 
means of an atomizer, sold by all druggists. 
Steaming is often of great benefit. Hot water, either plain or inedi. 
cated, may be held under the animal’s nose, and the steam strongly 
driven off by plunging a hot iron into it at intervals. A hot bran mash, 
in a nose bag, readily gives off steam. Abetter form for steaming the 
aostrils would be that given above. 
