bostaurus
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Hello all. With so much going on, I don't get on here much. Three kids graduating from college in the space of two weeks and all coming home until they can find jobs!Thought some might be interested in these non-bottle veterinary items: This is a seton needle. It screws together to make one needle about 12 inches long. The flat, leaf shaped end has very sharp edges. It was believed that if you had inflammation in one part of the body, you could relieve it by setting up inflammation in another part of the body. For instance, if there was a lung infection you could cause inflammation under the skin of the neck and it would draw the lung inflammation away from the lungs. The seton needle was used to punch and channel under the skin and then draw a length of twine or horse hair through. The twine would be left in to cause the irritation. Sometimes the twine would be covered in liniment or some other irritating substance to set up the inflammation faster. This large one would have been used on horses and cattle. Setons were also used on humans at one time but not as often as in animals.