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ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES TO 
SHEEP. 
By J. P. Berry, Student, Royal Veterinary College. 
The above subject is of sufficient importance to engage 
the attention of veterinary surgeons, since a difficulty is often 
experienced in giving draughts to sheep and lambs, and fatal 
results often follow their exhibition by ignorant persons. 
The difficulty alluded to does not arise from peculiarities 
of anatomical structure, but from restlessness of the animal, 
and the objectionable construction of the old-fashioned 
drenching tin, and the common horn, used for this purpose. 
Suffocation results from attempting hastily to force the liquid 
down the throat, and at the same time holding the animal’s 
head in a very elevated position ; a remark which equally 
applies to the administration of medicines to pigs. 
I have great pleasure therefore in inviting an inspection of 
an instrument constructed by me for the purpose of obviating 
the difficulty. It has been used by my employers for more 
than two years with the happiest results, and, from its cheap¬ 
ness, simplicity, and efficiency, maybe esteemed desideratum. 
The enclosed sketch of my Veterinary Medicine Tin” is 
of sufficient capacity for the administration of several medi¬ 
cines, but larger ones may be constructed upon the same 
principle ; say, one to hold four ounces for the general ad¬ 
ministration of medicines, and a larger one to hold ten ounces 
for dietary purposes. 
For the information of your readers, the following brief 
description of construction, mode of use, and special advan¬ 
tages, may not be unacceptable. 
1. The form is like a tobacco-pipe with the bowl closed 
over. The tube is straight, nine inches in length, half an 
inch in diameter at its orifice, and one inch in diameter at its 
base, to which is attached the bowl, in a horizontal position. 
The bowl is to be made of the size required. The orifice of 
