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be warm, efp'ecially in the Beginning. Fourthly^ It ought 

 not to be expofed to the Air. Fifthly^ When the Wound 

 penetrates downwards, and the Orilice happens to be too 

 narrow, it ought to be widen'd either by Incifion, or dila- 

 ted with a Bit of Sponge, or fome other porous Matter that 

 will fwell ; but this is only to be done where Bandage can- 

 not be apply'd. Sixthly^ The Probe is to be ufed as feldom 

 as poffible, neither ought there to be long Tents thruft into 

 any Wound ; for by thefe. Wounds that have no bad 

 Tendency naturally, often degenerate into Ulcers of the 

 worft Kind. Lafily, Greafy Ointments are for the moft 

 part to be rejeded, as they are apt to caufe the Flefh to 

 grow too fait ; and when that happens, it mull be kept 

 down with good Bandage, or the Application of cauftick 

 Medicines ; but Bandage is of the greateft Importance in 

 the Cure of all Wounds, where there are not Circumftances 

 to forbid its Application. 



To ftop the Hemorrhage or Bleeding, the To flop Bleed- 

 belt way is, before the Horfe is over- much ^^S- 

 fpent, to make Revullion, by opening a Vein on the Fore- 

 parts, if the Wound be backwards ; but if the Wound be 

 forwards, a Vein may be opened towards the Hind -parts : 

 But in external Wounds, where the Hemorrhage is large, 

 that is generally owing to the Seat and Difpolition of the 

 Wound, whereby fome large Branch of an Artery happens 

 to be cut ; but if the Artery, from whence the Blood 

 chiefly flows, be not very large, it mult then be fuperficial, 

 as about the Nofe, Temples, or the skinny Part of the 

 Legs, ^V. where the Veflels are unguarded with Flefh ; 

 for albeit the Arteries in a deep Wound may pour forth 

 Plenty of Blood while the Wound is recent and new, and 

 that there is a free Paflage j yet this occafions (o great a 

 Derivation towards the Wound, that even the Coats of all 

 the wounded Veflels becom.e diftended and fwoUen, fo that 

 by their Preflure upon one another, their Orifices are fliut 

 up and fqueez'd clofely together ; and in this Cafe there is 

 •feldom need of any ftiptick Application to (top the Bleeding, 



But when the wounded Artery happens to be very large, 

 or much expos'd,as has been taken notice ofsfo that the Blood 

 flows too plentifully, it mufl: be fl:opt either by applying a 

 hot Iron, or fome cauterizing Medicine, otherwife it muft 

 be tied by pafling a Needle under it, and then binding it 

 with a wax'd Thread ; but neither Ligature nor adtual Cau- 

 tery is fo certain as cauilick Medicines, becaufe an Efcar 

 made by the adual Cautery is apt to fall ofF to foon j and 



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