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safely, from the toe ; not by cutting out a piece of the 

 sole at the toe of the frog which sometimes causes a 

 wound difficult to heal, and followed by festering and 

 even by canker but cutting down with a fine drawing- 

 knife, called a searcher, at the union between the 

 crust and the sole at the very toe until the blood 

 flows, and, if necessary, encouraging its discharge by 

 dipping the foot in warm water. The mesh-work of 

 both arteries and veins will be here divided, and blood 

 is generally obtained in any quantity that may be 

 needed. The bleeding may be stopped with the 

 greatest ease, by placing a bit of tow in the little 

 groove that has been cut, and tacking the shoe over 

 it.* YouatL 



A great improvement has lately been introduced in the method of 

 arresting arterial hermorrhage. The operation is very simple, and, with 

 common care, successf al. The instrument is a pair of artery forceps, with 

 rather sharper teeth than the common forceps, and the blades held close 

 by a slide. The vessel is laid bare, detached from the cellular substance 

 around it, and the artery then grasped by the forceps, the instrument 

 deviating a very little from the line of the artery. The vessel is novr 

 divided close to the forceps, and behind them, and the forceps are twisted 

 four or five times round. The forceps are then loosened, and, generally 

 speaking, not more than a drop or two of blood will have been lost. This 

 meteod of arresting bleeding has been applied by several scientific and 

 benevolent men with almost constant success. It has been readily and 

 effectually practiced in docking, and patients have escaped much torture. 



