ANIESTHETICS, ADMINISTERING. An wstheties are of value in rendering an animal wholly or partially insensible. Vapors, sprays and fumes are also valuable, and nearly related in the form of administering. When a surgi cal operation is to be performed, anwsthetics may be administered, held directly to the nose by rneans of a sponge, or a sponge may be placed in a net, fastened under the nose, and the am:esthetic introduced thereon. In diseases of the throat and windpipe,—as catarrh, sore throat and strangles,—steam, either clear or in combi nation with belladonna, laudanum, sulphurous aeid, vinegar, etc., will often give quiek relief. So vapors may be easily produced by charging a liquid, as water. with the medium to be used, by means of a hand-ball atornizer; these will be found useful for diseases of the nostrils, mouth and throat. Powders are also used to cause expulsion of the secretions of the nostrils, thus clearing the nasal passages or inner surface of the nose. A tube and hollow rubber ball is used
for this purpose. A hollow section of alder, or sumac, charged with the powder, and one end furnished with a piece of rubber tubing, answers well the operation of blowing it into the nostrils with the breath. A good anEesthetic is com posed as follows: One ounce alcohol, two ounces chloroform, three ounces ether. Shake the bottle well before using it, and two or three minutes time will cause the strongest animal to succumb, when used as heretofore directed In chronic cough, flowers of sulphur or the fumes of burning tar will soon fill a stable, and is val nable for treating the lining membranes of the breathing organs. The first is an agent of great value for disinfecting purposes.