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common lancet and make an oblique puncture in it, when it 
will bleed copiously. When a sufficient quantity has been 
taken away, remove the ligature, and the bleeding will in¬ 
stantly cease ; the incision will heal afterwards without any 
application whatever. 
METHOD OF GIVING A BOLUS OR PILL. 
The method of administering a bolus, pill, or other medi¬ 
cine to a dog, k> to pull the tongue pretty far out of his 
mouth, then put the medicine as close to the root as pos¬ 
sible, and when the animal draws in his tongue, the medi¬ 
cine will descend into his stomach. 
WORMING. 
Worming dogs has been considered a preventive of hydro¬ 
phobia, since the time of Pliny. But how such an absurd 
idea should have prevailed for 1760 years, is quite unac¬ 
countable. Dr. Blain very properly says, it is a custom 
founded on ignorance, and should not be perpetuated by 
publishing written directions how to perform the operation 
Concurring as we do in the opinion of Dr. Blain, we ab¬ 
stain from any description of the operation. 
FRACTURES. 
Fracture of the thigh-bone is extremely common, but is 
by no means so difficult of cure as might be supposed. If 
the flesh has been injured by the fracture, the first thing to 
be attended to is to get quit of the swelling and inflamma¬ 
tion, which must be accomplished by means of fomentations 
of vinegar and water, until allayed. Then apply a long 
piece of wood, in the form of a lath, which must reach from 
the foot to a little way above the fracture. But before ap¬ 
plying this, a pitch-plaster sufficiently large to surround the 
