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DISEASES OF THE HOESE. 



As before stated, it is almost entirely discarded from domes- 

 tic practice, and should never be used in the treatment of 

 diseases of animals, however much the adherent of an ex- 

 ploded and an erroneous system may doubt it. Medicines 

 will be described in this book that will not only insure 

 greater success in saving a very much greater percentage 

 01 sick animals, and with less trouble in a much shorter 

 time, and without in any way impairing the sanative jx^w^ 

 ers of the animal's constitution. 



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ARTERY FORCEPS, SHUT. 



ARTERY FORCEPS; SHOWING HOW A LIGATURE IS PASSED OVER TO 

 TIE THE BLEEDING VESSEL. 



FORCEPS FOR LIFTING BLEEDING AND WOUNDED BLOOD VESSELS 

 SO THAT THEY MAY BE TIED. 



2. Bleeding from Wounds. — If the wound be a sim- 

 ple one, and not on the inside of a leg where the large 

 blood vessels are situated, all that wall be necessaiy to stop 

 it will be a small piece of cotton or soft cloth placed in and 



