. 74 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



has been called into use in cases of profuse bleeding, 

 from accidental wounds as well as from surgical ope- 

 rations. 



Some persons burn away the hair previous to the 

 use of the cautery ; this is unnecessary cruelty. If the 

 scissars will not cut the hair close enough, shave the 

 part, which will give less pain than burning. 



Rowels 



In many cases are preferable to blisters, especially 

 when inflammation has existed some considerable time ; 

 by acting slower, and less extensively, they promote 

 the irritation of the surface, and excite a discharge 

 which can better be prolonged than when the blister is 

 used. 



In cases of swelled legs, and obstinate grease, they 

 are very serviceable ; but the parts in which they are 

 chiefly inserted are the breast and the belly, and they 

 are very frequently used for sprains of the joints or 

 of the muscles of the shoulders. 



Sometimes several rowels are made at the same time, 

 but if great debility exists, much care and judgment 

 is requisite, and rowels are best avoided, for the dis- 

 charge that flows will be very thin and ichorous, or 

 perhaps the insertion will prove dry, and in this case 

 mortification ensues. 



Rowels must be inserted as near as possible to the 

 seat of the affection they are intended to reUeve. The 

 method of operating is as follows : — 



Take up a part of the skin with the finger and 

 thumb, and by means of a lancet, or the improved 

 rowelling-scissars, make an incision about an inch in 

 length ; thrust the finger or handle of the new scissors 



