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small, as to be of no advantage ; or it may be so \ 

 considerable as to produce fainting, before the ope- i 

 rator thinks of stopping the orifice. | 



For the purpose of measuring the quantity of i 

 blood taken away, JMr. White reconiiiiends a gradu- j 

 ated tin vessel, capable of containing five quarts ; 1 

 every pint being marked on the inside of the vessel, \ 

 so that the quantity of blood that is taken off may j 

 be exactly known. The blood should always be pre- \ 

 served, that we may judge from its appearance of I 

 the nature of the disease, and whether it is proper ' 

 or not to repeat the operation. If the blood conti- 4 

 nues fluid for a considerable time it shows that d 

 there is an inflammatory state of the body ; and if a 

 jelly-like substance, or a whitish or light buff colour, 

 and rather firm consistence, appears on the surface 

 after the blood has cooled, and especially if the sur- 

 face is hollowed, we may be certain that the animal's 

 complaint is of an inflammatory nature, that the 

 bleeding has been proper, and must be repeated if 

 the symptoms continue or increase ; but if the blood 

 coagidates quickly, is uniformly of a dark liver 

 colour, loose, and easily broken, with a considerable 

 quantity of water upon its surface, it denotes debi- 

 lity, and shews that the disease arises from a weak- 

 ness of the system ; -that instead of bleedings tonic 

 and cordial medicines are to be employed, with 

 every thing that may tend to restore the animal's 

 strength. 



When a sufficient quantity of blood has been 

 taken away, it is for the most part necessary to se- 

 cure the orifice, in order to prevent future accidental 

 bleeding. This is usually done by thrusting a com- 

 mon pin through the lips of the wound, and twining 

 about it a little horse hair. As in this way the 

 wound often rankles and becomes a sore difficult to 

 heal, which we are disposed to attribute to the brass 

 pin employed, as often as to any other cause; we 

 would recommend a pin of silver, or at least of po- 



