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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
For the promotion of discharge of the nostrils, the nose-bag will ba 
indicated ; its form and fastenings are shown in the annexed cut. 
Powders for easing the expulsion 
of the secretions of the nostrils, or 
for local application to diseases of tho 
inner surface of the nose, may be a 
simple tube of tin in two parts, which 
may be taken apart and put together 
like the joints of a stove-pipe, with a 
rubber tube on one end and a mouth- 
piece on the other. Charge w r ith the 
powder, and blow with sufficient force 
to carry the agent where wanted. 
When an anaesthetic is used, it 
should not be held to the nose contin- 
uously, since, if undiluted with air, 
it is fatal. Watch carefully and sus- 
pend the use of the anaesthetic as soon as unconsciousness is pro- 
duced, to be renewed from time to time as may be necessary. They 
should not be used unless under the advice of a surgeon or physician, 
Bince the need can hardly be expected except for the performance of 
some intricate surgical operation. The following is endorsed by high 
veterinary authority : 
No 1. 1 Oz. alcohol, 
2 Oz. chloroform, 
S Oz. ether. 
Shake the bottle well before using it ; pour a teaspoonful or more at a 
time on a sponge ; hold it to the nostrils. Two or three moments should 
^je enough to overpower the strongest ox. 
Blistering. 
Blistering is a valuable remedy, when it is required to ease the absorp- 
tion of deposit, to stimulate the vessels to effect organic change, aa 
hastening the ripening of an abscess, or the reduction of an enlarged gland ; 
they should be entirely confined to cases where the acute inflammatory 
symptoms have ceased. Blisters do no good in deep-seated inflammations. 
Yet the quack, if he suspect internal inflammation, claps on a blister, 
which only agonizes the dumb brute, and generally leaves a permanent 
blemish. When a blister is found necessary, before applying, always aa 
