THE VEINS OF THE NECK. 77 



The Veins of the Neck. 



One of them is sometimes obliterated in con- 

 sequence of becoming- inflamed after the opera- 

 tion of bleeding. Such a deficiency in structure 

 may bc^ discovered, by placing the finger on the 

 loNvor part of the neck, and compressing the vein 

 sufficiently to stop the passage of the blood. If 

 the vein is entire, it will be seen to fill and swell 

 upwards from the point of pressure. 



The loss of a vein I consider an unsoundness, 

 because, even for many months after it has been 

 shut up, the blood cannot pass so readily from 

 the head ; and if the horse ever needs to be 

 turned out to grass, his head will probably swell 

 from the accumulation of blood, and he will be 

 predisposed to bad eyes and staggers. Tiie 

 purchaser need not, however, reject a horse be- 

 cause he has lost a vein ; for, in course of time, 

 other veins of the neck increase in size, and 

 among them perform the work of the large one 

 that was lost : and then the only objection to it is, 

 that he must not again be bled in the ne<k, lest 



