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letlic (it, from the bandage being long con- 

 tinued upon fuch, which from ill ufage were 

 fhy at the operation of bleeding. When a 

 horfe's head may be tied up to the rack, pin- 

 ning the orifice is feldom neceflary, but if it 

 mull needs be pinned, care ought to be taken 

 that the fl^in be not drawn too far from the 

 vein, fo as to admit the blood between the fldn 

 and flefli, which frequently happens, producing 

 fuppuration, and a fwelled neck : another pre- 

 caution of equal confequence with any of the 

 foregoing, is, that in cafe of accident in bleed- 

 ing, the patient be immediately put into proper 

 hands, if within the reach of fuch, from a 

 rational apprehenfion of the Cures of ignorant 

 bunglers, which, their tedioufnefs and danger 

 out of queftion, too often leave an indelible 

 defignation of the doftor upon the body of the 

 horfe. 



I have lately conferred with a common far- 

 rier, formerly attached to a troop of horfe, who 

 conftantly bleeds with the lancet. He fays the 

 fole objections to the pradice fubfift in preju- 

 dice and the aukwardnefs of ftupid and bungling 

 I'miths. Confulting a coachman on the fubjeft, 

 1 had another proof of that vulgar fophiflry 

 which fo painfully and inceifantly exerts itfelf 

 in the counteraftion of every improvement. 

 It feems the lancet might penetrate too deep, 

 but the fiioulder of the fleam prevents fuch 



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