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the operation is concluded. These poor men invariably possess opinions 

 of their own that are stronger because of the ignorance upon which'such 

 notions repose. The groom may have seen a gallon, or even two gal- 



PEESSINQ THE BLOOD CAN AGAINST THE NECK, TO ARREST THE DOWrWAED CUREENT, AND TO 

 CADSE THE BLOOD TO FLOW PORTH. 



Ions extracted, when in his last situation. Such people delight in strong 

 measures ; and he will sneer at the one or two quarts you may desire 

 should be withdrawn. Be absent only for a brief space, and you may be 

 certain your directions have been violated, although on your return the 

 most solemn of faces should protest to the contrary. 



"When the quantity has been extracted, remove the 

 pressure below the orifice and the outward stream will 

 cease. Then proceed to pin up. Having rendered the 

 point of a pin somewhat angular, by cutting off the tip, 

 the wire will pierce the integument the more readily. 

 Drive it through each side of the wound, and, being in 

 this situation, twist, after the fashion of a figure of oo, 

 some tow or thread, or a hair pulled from the horse's 

 tail, round its either extremity. Subsequently remove 

 so much of the pin as may protrude, and the orifice will be closed bv 

 what surgeons denommate a twisted suture. 



TWISTED SUTDRE. 



