CAPILLAKY BLEEDING. 



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Fig. 451.— Lancet to Bleed at the Palate. 



If, on tlie contrary, an artery has been cliyided and the flow of 

 blood becomes sufficiently abundant and continuous to become 

 alarming, it becomes necessary to employ hemostatic means. 

 These may be a small sponge comj)ressed or moistened with cold 

 water or an astringent solution ; or, if necessary, a pad of oakum 

 can be aj)plied and secured with a bandage passed through the 

 mouth and around the maxillary bone, and tied on the face. It 

 can also be accomphshed by means of a peculiar bit, represented 

 in Fig. 452. This bit has a small board in its middle, and on each 

 side of the bar two straps, one to 

 act as the check-piece of a bridle, 

 the other being passed over the 

 nose where they are buckled to- 

 gether more or less tightly. The 

 board of the bar is padded, and p,^^ 452. -Apparatus to Apply Pressure 

 is apphed directly over the place *« "'^'"p *^® Bleeding at the Palate, 

 of the incision. The pressure should be continued for several 

 hours. 



This operation was first recommended in cases of stomatitis, 

 in the pecuhar form known by the unmeaning name of kanjKis, 

 but is resorted to for a much better pm-pose in apoplectic conges- 

 tion of the head. 



(/) Bleeding at the Coronet. — In the " Dictionary of Veteiin- 

 ary Medicine and Surgery," Bouley says : " There exists on each 

 side of the coronet, a rich superficial venous plexus resting on the 

 cartilaginous plates of tha foot, formed at this point by the union 

 of numerous veins of the digital region. These veins are united 

 by large communicating vessels, nmning on the anterior and 

 posterior faces of the second phalanx. Nothing is easier than 

 to open one of these vessels by plunging the point of a bistoury 

 through the skin ; the puncture being followed by an abimdant 

 flow of blood, and, if it is repeated, a large bleeding, quite as 

 abundant as that obtained by the opening of another large vein, 



