88 BLEEDING. 



often none at all existing, though the blood 

 may be darker, when the inflammation is great- 

 est. When, however, the blood has become 

 solid, after being drawn in a full stream, and 

 is found with or without this sizy coat, yet at 

 the same time thin or watery, it will, perhaps, 

 more correctly denote that it ought not to have 

 been taken. When bleeding is necessary, you 

 will find it under the proper head ; so, if you 

 take on yourself to bleed for imaginary purposes, 

 you deserve to suffer for it. 



In taking a large quantity of blood from a 

 horse labouring under any inflammation, always 

 take care there is a good soft bedding in case 

 he should faint. The pulse will first falter ; and 

 he will generally begin to droop and stagger a 

 few seconds before he falls, which, of course, 

 must be the signal to desist, and then ease him 

 down gently, if possible. The faintness will go 

 off in a few minutes; but he must be left to 

 rise at his own pleasure. 



Bleeding from the forearm vein, inside the 

 forearm, and from the thigh vein above the hock, 

 should be done with the lancet, it not being 

 driven in so far as in the neck vein. Bleeding 

 from the eye vein, two inches below the inner 

 corner of the eye, must be done with a very 

 slight puncture, or the point of the lancet will 

 be broken against the bone. 



