The Iola Register

The administration of medicines through the nose of a horse or other animal, is a crude and dangerous practice, too often resorted to by quacks and ignorant persons, as the fluid, by being given thus in a continuous stream, will run down into the wind-pipe and enter the lungs instead of the stomach. By pouring medicines through the nose in large quantities, the horse cannot perform the act of breathing without at the same time allowing the fluid to enter the lungs. If, besides, the fluid contained undissolved or irritating substances, the danger would be increased.—National Live Stock Journal.