STCD BOOK. 87 



the mouth between the tushes and the grinders, and 

 gently moved about, will keep the mouth in motion, 

 and hasten the rapidity of the stream by the action 

 and pressure of the neighboring muscles 



When sufficient blood has been taken, the edges of 

 the wound should be brought closely and exactly 

 together, and kept together by a small, sharp pin being 

 passed through them. Round this a little tow should 

 be wrapped, so as to cover the whole of the incision ; 

 and the head of the horse should be tied up for several 

 hours to prevent his rubbing the part against the 

 manger. In bringing the edges of the wound together 

 and introducing the pin, care should be taken not to 

 draw the skin too much from the neck, othei'wise 

 blood will insinuate itself between it and the muscles 

 beneath, and cause an unsightly and sometimes 

 troublesome swelling. 



The blood should be received into a vessel, the 

 dimensions of which are exactly known, so that the 

 operator may be able to calculate at every period of the 

 bleeding the quantity that is extracted. Care, like- 



