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CHAP. XXVI. 



■N. 



Of WOUNDS in General. 



The lips T K all frefh wounds made by cutting 

 ofallfrefti J^ inftruments, there is nothing more 

 fto^Ji'lfbe required than bringing the lips of the 

 brought wound into contadl by luture or bandage, 

 into con- provided the part will allow of it ^ for on 

 taa. wounds of the hips, or other prominent 



parts, and acrofs feme of the large muf- 

 cles, the flitches are apt to burft on the 

 horfe's lying down and rifing up in the 

 .flail •, in fuch cafes the lips fhould not be 

 brought clofe together : one flitch is fuffi- 

 cient tor a wound two inches long ; but in 

 large wounds, they fhould be at an inch 

 or more diilance •, and if the wound is 

 deep in the mufcles, care fhould be taken 

 to pafs the needles proportionably deep, 

 otherwife the wound will not unite pro- 

 perly from the bottom. 



tjq^ "Should the wound bleed much from an 



bleeding artery divided, the firfl ftep fhould be 

 in wounds to fecure it, by pafTing a crooked needle 

 fhould be underneath, and tying it up with a wax- 

 Hopped. ^^ thread : if the artery cannot be got 



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