200 The Vh^m^n's New Guide. Chap. LI 



Wounds among Laflly, The Needle is to be Cparingly us'd 



al ho there are aivers Circumftances which may require 

 ftitchmg even where the Tendons are wounded, and Xho' 

 It may. be more particularly gone about where there is a 

 very round Conftaution, yet as there is an Ichor and vilc.d 

 Matter perpetually flowing from the Tendons, even in the 

 beft Habits, wh,chcauft untowardly Accident; the efore! 

 as there are oftentimes heighten'd by flitching, the Praaitio- 

 rer ftould be very well vers'd in Praflice to° endeavou he 

 Cure offuch Wounds, otherwife than by proper and plata 

 Dreffing, for ,f this Operation has not always tirdeS 

 th^M M '^"'"^'"Bodies, whocan be managed foastoiieep 

 rer Stft!on° '"'^"t' !^°'' ^^n^ons belong" from all man- 

 Tr ^' ^"; "^"Chiefs can be cxpeded from Brutes, but 

 efpecaiy Horfe who keep more in* a ftanding Pofturethan 

 any other and therefore are not only ob!:g'd,°and mX a 

 Keceffity fometimes to move thofe Parts, but even at moft 

 Times to lay a great Weight upon them! 

 The Manner of . To perform this Operation ariaht,the Far- 

 Mhing. rier ought to be provided with leveral Nee- 



r.( tr,„r <■ \ '"'""'; '^'""'S'''' ^'i*^ '""^'S crooked, and 



of thefe fome ought to be more arcired than others and 

 accornmodated to Wounds that are deep ; and for this End 

 alfo they ought to be of diJTerent Sizes. Both ths ft eth^ 

 and crooked fiiou d be edged, and not round, that thev 

 may the more ealriy penetrate, and caufe the lefs Pain; and 

 hofe that are appointed for deep Wounds fhould be ftron.; 

 that they may not break, and caufe Trouble in the Onera 

 .on But mall thefe Things the Farriers may take Ft- 

 tern from the Surgeons. 



The ftitching of lupeJficial Wounds ouglit to beDerforni 

 ed wrth a ftreight Needle, and is chieily ne'-ceflary up'on Pam 

 ben/n'rr'f"' '"'^ «P°''edtoView, wh;r-e the Skm 

 being only burft gives way and opens wide, tho'it be not 

 niuch feparated from the rab,acent Fiefh ; atrd if it is no 

 drawn together, ,t will leave a Baldnets ; or the Har tha 

 grow-s upon the Part will be whrte, and iofter than tha 

 which covers ihererlot the Body, either of which becom 

 a Defonmty upon the Cheek, the Tops of the Loins, o 

 upon any Joint as w-e fometimes oblerve when thefe i'ar,s 



Operation.^ ' '"' ^'''" '^''' '" ^'^ ^"""^ '°' ^^^^ ^" 

 But in all deep Wounds a crooked Needle muft be u^'d 

 and offuch a torm as wtll ealriy m.ke a Compafrunde? 



