PHYSIC. 



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When performing this, a few precautions are imperative. In th* 

 first instance, the surfaces should not be brought immediately together. 

 The wound should be left open until the lips become sticky, as when in 

 that condition they unite the more readily. Next, when closing the 

 orifice, all hairs should be removed, which is sometimes difficult should 

 the integument have been torn asunder with a blunt fleam. The skin 

 then is twisted and forced from its integrity ; but if a sharp or proper 

 instrument has been used, the presence of hair is never annoying ; indeed 

 it seldom requires attention. 



The sides of the incision should be adjusted with all nicety, because, 

 subsequently to bleeding, healing by the first intention, or by the speedi- 

 est natural process, is desirable. Hairs, when present, prevent that union 

 from being perfected. They irritate the part and act as minute setons, 

 which provoke suppuration. The advent of the last action is always to 

 be feared after a vein has been opened. The pus gravitates into the 

 vessel and the blood becomes vitiated. The consequences frequently 

 are fatal, and are always much to be lamented. 



A HORSE, AFTER BEING BLED, HAS THE HEAD TIED TO THE MANGEE FOR TWENTT-FOUR HOURS. 



When the wound has been properly secured, all has not been accom- 

 plished. The rack and manger must be cleared. Food or drink must 

 be withheld for twenty-four hours. The halter must be fastened up to 



