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near it. If you feel one pulsating so close to the rein 

 that you are fearful of wounding it, choose another. Hav- 

 ing set your lancet, (I allude, of course, to the spring Ian- 

 cet, the only one that can be used with safety,) bend the arm 

 in the precise position it is to be kept in while the blood 

 flows. The cutting edge of the lancet is now to be placed 

 on the vein, while you depress the handle or frame just 

 as much as you wish the cut to be deep ; by touching the 

 spring on the side with your thumb, the business is done. 

 To stop the bleeding, relax the bandage, press the two 

 edges of the wound together, place a little compress of 

 linen on it, and bind up the whole with a bandage pass- 

 ing round the joint in a figure eight. 



