The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . no. 4.—PKOP. GAMGEE3 FtTNNEIi FOK INJECTIOK. Suppositories. Almost all medicines may be given toanimals in the same doses, by the rectum as by the may be made in a solid form, something like a ball,by means of soap, lard, or starch, and are then called sup-positories. A cylinder of soap introduced into the rectumof young foals and calves encourages the action of thebowels and ducts more promptly than a purge. Supposi-tories may be made with disinfectants and introduced into 44 General Principles of Veterinary Medieine.
The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies; . no. 4.—PKOP. GAMGEE3 FtTNNEIi FOK INJECTIOK. Suppositories. Almost all medicines may be given toanimals in the same doses, by the rectum as by the may be made in a solid form, something like a ball,by means of soap, lard, or starch, and are then called sup-positories. A cylinder of soap introduced into the rectumof young foals and calves encourages the action of thebowels and ducts more promptly than a purge. Supposi-tories may be made with disinfectants and introduced into 44 General Principles of Veterinary Medieine. the vagina of cows after calving to purify the dischargesand lessen the danger of puerperal fever. MEDICATIONS BY THE BLOOD-VESSELS. The most safe and convenient plan to introduce medicinesinto the system is by the hypodermio syringe. This is asmall syringe, holding a few teaspoonfuls, with a longneedle-like point, through which a delicate canal is FIG. 5.—THE HYPODEEMIC SYEINGE. This has been used extensively for many years in humanpatients, and is even better adapted to animals, on accountof the difficulty of forcing them to take remedies, and themore prompt and certain action of the subcutaneous course, very concentrated forms of medicines are used, asbut a few drops or a half teaspoonful are thrown by thesyringe at a time. But modern chemistry oifers such potentand intense preparations that this is no objection. In giving a hypodermic injection it is not very importantwhat part of the animal we choose, though the general ruleis to select a point near the seat of disease. It is best toshave or clip the hair for a space of a few inches; next,pinching up the skin a slight cut is made in one end of thelittle ridge thus elevated and the nozzle of the syringe in-serted and pushed its full length, parallel to the surface, inthe loose tissue beneath the ridge; then it is withdrawn halfway and the contents of the syringe
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