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that he does not rub the part afterwards, or 

 inflammation and loss of the vein may follow. 

 The pin should be gently drawn out two days 

 after, first cutting the horse-hair or thread tied 

 round it with a pair of scissors. If the blood 

 does not flow suflSciently free and quick, keep 

 his mouth in motion by putting your fingers in 

 at the corners, and throw hot water over the 

 loins, if needed, or put a sheepskin or half-a- 

 dozen jhools over them. 



Take care that your fleam and lancet are clean, 

 and not rusty, and always ascertain how much 

 the koondee holds that is to receive the blood, 

 or you may take away a gallon and a half for 

 a gallon, which I have often seen done. 



The blood should fall in a stream into the 

 middle of the koondee, or nothing can be judged 

 from the colour of it afterwards; and it must 

 rest undisturbed in the shade for half an hour, 

 which is about the time it takes to coagulate. 

 The appearance, however, the blood puts on after 

 its coagulation, and the coagulation being slow 

 or quick, is so exceedingly complicated an affair, 

 and influenced by so many causes, that no cri- 

 terion as to the degree of inflammation can be 

 gained by it, at least by us ; the great thickness 

 of the buffy or sizy coat at top being present in 

 a state of health as well as under disease; and 



