Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . dily. If this does not succeed, thenostrils may be grasped by the hand and held for a few seconds. If the operator has not had much experience in giving balls, heshould station an assistant on the near side to aid in opening andsteadying the mouth, by placing the fingers of the left hand on thelower jaw, and the thumb of the right on the upper jaw. Holding GIVING ABALL. 629 the mouth in this manner facilitates the giving of the ball, andsaves the operators right hand, to a great extent, from becominglacerated by the h
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . dily. If this does not succeed, thenostrils may be grasped by the hand and held for a few seconds. If the operator has not had much experience in giving balls, heshould station an assistant on the near side to aid in opening andsteadying the mouth, by placing the fingers of the left hand on thelower jaw, and the thumb of the right on the upper jaw. Holding GIVING ABALL. 629 the mouth in this manner facilitates the giving of the ball, andsaves the operators right hand, to a great extent, from becominglacerated by the horses back teeth, to prevent which occurrenceit is advisable to have a glove on the right hand. The BALLING IRON (Fig. 153) is an instrument for keeping themouth open. Its name appears to indicate that it is used for thepurpose of giving balls, but it is rarely employed for that purpose;for the ball, before the instrument could be removed, would beliable to fall out of the mouth. It is very useful, however, whenan examination of the mouth or upper portion of the gullet or. Fig. 152.—Giving a horse a ball. windpipe has to be made. A curb bit with long cheeks willprove a fairly efficient substitute for a balling iron. A BALLING PISTOL (Fig. 154) is useful for giving balls tofractious animals; to those (like young horses) which are verynarrow between the two rows of the back teeth of the lower jaw;or to horses affected with some dangerously contagious disease,such as glanders. We can make an effective balling pistol by taking a piece o!india-rubber tubing of convenient length and of slightly greaterdiameter than that of a physic ball, and fitting into it a roundedstick which will woik freely in and out of it, and which will be 630 ADMINISTEATION OF MEDICINES. a little longer than the tube. The stick should be flat at one end,and should be provided at the other end with a transverse piece ofwood or other substance which will prevent this end from beingpushed through the tube. Hav
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