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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
a couple of valves, one at its middle, and the other at its 
muzzle, so disposed as to permit the air to pass in the 
direction from the stomach upwards. This tube is also a 
most effectual means of conveying stimulating medicines 
into the stomach, when the constriction of the opening 
would resist the ordinary action of swallowing. 
There is some difficulty in performing this operation by 
those unaccustomed to cattle. The safest and surest mode 
is for an assistant to lay hold of one of the horns of the 
cow with one hand, and the part which divides the nostrils 
with the other, while the operator seizes the tongue with 
his left hand, and then forces the tube down her throat with 
the right. 
After the air has been expelled, one of the following sti¬ 
mulating drinks must be administered, as the coating of the 
stomach will have been considerably distended 
No. 1. 
Spirit of nitrous aether 
Oil of peppermint 
Powdered ginger 
Warm water 
2 ounces, 
35 drops, 
^ ounce, 
1 pint. 
No. 2. 
Powdered gentian 
Cascarilla-bark 
Warm ale 
1 ounce, 
3 drachms, 
1 quart. 
No. 3. 
Powdered caraway-se vis 
Ginger 
Laudanum 
Warm ale 
1 ounce, 
3 drachms, 
50 drops, 
1 pint. 
