BLEEDING. TO SPO'x A WHITE HOKSE. 1 5T 



BLEEDING. 



The bleeding of a horse is so common and simple, 

 ihat but little instruction can be necessary for the per- 

 formance of the operation. The blood should always 

 be caught m some vessel for the purpose of judging ol 

 its quantity and quality ; if after it has coagulated a 

 light buff coloured jelly forms the surface, it is an evi- 

 dence of the inflammatory state of the blood. Blooa 

 drawn from a healthy horse very soon coagulates and 

 appears like a uniformly red jelly, with a small quantit 

 of fluid, resembling water, floating on the surface, 

 consists of two parts — the red jelly (termed crassa 

 mentum) and the water or serum; the former may be 

 separated into two parts by washing the red globules 

 and coagulable lymph. 



Bleeding is extremely beneficial in many diseases , 

 and with safety from one quart to one and a half gal 

 Ions may be taken at one time. 



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TO SPOT A WHITE HORSE 



WITH BLACK SPOTS. 



Take litharage, three ounces; quick hme, six ounces; 

 beat it fine and mix it together : put it into a pan ar„J 

 pour a sharp ley over it ; then boil it and you will 

 have a fat substance swim on top, with which anoi/il 

 the horse in such places as v^ou desi^-n to have blac k 



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and it will turn to the colour immediatelv. 



