Pill pusher(118)
Metal pill pusher
Name/Title
Pill pusher(118)Entry/Object ID
2025.1.1044Description
Metal pill pusher with internal spring which ejects the pill into the animals mouth. The spring has an lever which when pulled ejects an internal rod to push out the pill.Context
From Shire Album No 4. 'Old Farm Tools', John Vince 1974: "Once the pill had been made the animal had to be persuaded to take them. With this dispenser, which really a kind of blow-pipe, the tablet or bolus could be shot into the animals throat".Cataloged By
Felix LamCategory
Animal Husbandry