The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . each instrument, weshall now explain. In doing so, we shall jjreface it with theremark that our endeavor will be to mention only the mostimportant instruments, and those in the use of which anyintelligent man can qualify himself by a very moderatepractice on dead animals—a form of education we earnestlyrecommend. We have taken some pains to select, with the aid of theadvice of practical men in this department, a Stock OwnersPocket Veterinary Case, which is represented in the cut onthe following page. It contains nine different ins
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . each instrument, weshall now explain. In doing so, we shall jjreface it with theremark that our endeavor will be to mention only the mostimportant instruments, and those in the use of which anyintelligent man can qualify himself by a very moderatepractice on dead animals—a form of education we earnestlyrecommend. We have taken some pains to select, with the aid of theadvice of practical men in this department, a Stock OwnersPocket Veterinary Case, which is represented in the cut onthe following page. It contains nine different instruments,sufficient in number and variety for nearly all the lesseroperations which an intelligent owner, not a professed sur-geon, would be called upon to perform. The instrumentsand their uses are as follows: 1. A blunt pointed bistoury, slightly curved, for operationsunder the skin, in cavities, etc. 2. A thumb lancet. This form is safer than the ordinaryspring lancet, and much superior to the old-fashioned fleam. Stock Owner^s Pocket Veterinary Case. 59. FIG. 15.—STOCK owners POCKET VETERINARY CASE. The above cut represents a convenient pocket case of Morocco or Rus-sia leather, containing the instruments most essential in the performanceof minor surgical operations on animals. The case is represented unfol-ded, and the instruments are displayed in the following order, from abovedownwards: A blunt pointed bistoury. A thumb lancet. A spring forceps. An aneurism needle. A silver probe. A frog knife. A curved scissors. A bistoury. A seton needle. 60 General Principles of Veterinary Medicine. now almost obsolete. The exact depth and length of thecut can best be judged by the ordinary thumb lancet. 3. A pair of forceps^ for dressing wounds, catching arteriesfor tying, removing foreign bodies, etc. 4. A long blunt pointed needle, called an aneurismalneedle, which can be used as a probe, and for small setons, etc. 5. A silver probe, blunt at one end, sharp at the other forexpl
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