100 TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION. 



obtain every advantage by proceeding on another principle — 

 on that of a revolving fleam : and I may say he has suc- 

 ceeded to admiration. 



The annexed engraving conveys a very good idea of the 

 construction of this instrument. 



Weiss' Patent Fleam, 



Treatment after Bleeding. -The required quantity 

 being drawn, the orifice is to be closed by approximating 

 the lips, and inserting a pin through the skin in the middle 

 of the wound : then around this pin is to be twisted some 

 tow. This being finished, and the blood sponged from the 

 neck, let the horse^s head (unless illness plead against con- 

 finement) be racked up for the remainder of the day and 

 the succeeding night. This elevation of the head gives the 

 blood free current to the heart, and prevents any swelling 

 or thrombus — arising from its extravasation — which forms 

 the commencement of inflamed vein, 



PURGING. 



Pm'ging constitutes the most powerful medicinal means 

 we possess of reducing inflammation. It is a remedy to 

 which we almost universally have recourse, and, generally 



