. The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. ... by William B. E. Miller and Lloyd V. Tellor. Domestic animals -- Diseases; Veterinary medicine. Ifedieation by the Mouth or Nostrils, MEDICATIOX BY THE MOUTH OR NOSTRILS. 39 A ball or bolus is made by mixing the medicine to be given with linseed meal, molasses or soap, to bring the mass to a consistency of a thick paste, and then rolling it out in the shape of a small cylinder, about twu inches long by a half or three-quarters thick. These can be wrapped in oiled
. The diseases of live stock and their most efficient remedies : including horses, cattle, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, dogs, etc. ... by William B. E. Miller and Lloyd V. Tellor. Domestic animals -- Diseases; Veterinary medicine. Ifedieation by the Mouth or Nostrils, MEDICATIOX BY THE MOUTH OR NOSTRILS. 39 A ball or bolus is made by mixing the medicine to be given with linseed meal, molasses or soap, to bring the mass to a consistency of a thick paste, and then rolling it out in the shape of a small cylinder, about twu inches long by a half or three-quarters thick. These can be wrapped in oiled paper or coated with sugar or gum. For horses this is the most common and handy method of giving medicine. What is called " common mass" is a mixture of equal parts of linseed and molasses, and is much used for giving a proper consistence to other druo^*>. The ball may be administered either with the aid of the balling iron or with the fingers, and the latter plan is gene- rally preferable. The operation is as follows :— The ball is held by one end in the right hand between the thumb, which supports it below, and the fingers above, the. FIG 2.—MODE OF ADMINISTERING A BALL EY THE HAND. hand being drawn together and rounded as nmch as possible. The horse's tongue is gently drawn out a little way by the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, William B. E; Tellor, Lloyd V. Philadelphia, H. C. Watts
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