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of the fleam. In local diseases about the head or eyes, 

 the angular vein near the corner of the eye is a conven- 

 ient place, or the nose and mouth may be selected; if 

 you would like to take blood from the mouth, the third 

 wrinkle from the incisor teeth may be chosen to advan- 

 tage. From the nose, it may be obtained by taking hold 

 of the upper lip with one hand, and with a sharp pointed 

 penknife in the other — running it quite through the sep- 

 tum, just below the nasal bone; striking the artery that 

 leads to the extremity of the nose; you will find no diffi- 

 culty in getting all the blood you can desire. If he 

 should bleed too much, however, you have only to tie his 

 head up high for a short time, and it will stop. 



For inflammation in the shoulder, or surrounding parts, 

 select the plate vein as it comes from the inside of the 

 arm and leads up towards the bosom; if behind, take the 

 corresponding one on the inside of the thigh, or tap the 

 same on the flank or abdomen, as the case may require. 

 For contraction of the muscles of the legs, &c., or fever 

 in the feet, select the feet and fetlock. 



There is this consideration about bleeding, that is 

 worth keeping in view. It has become a settled princi- 

 ple in the animal economy (and by good authority), 

 that by bleeding the process of inflammation can be 

 checked or suspended for a while; although it may re- 

 turn, it is never with the same degree of violence as 

 before, and in many cases it is got rid of entirely by a 

 timely bleeding. 



FEVER. 



There are two kinds of fever to be noticed here, which 

 I will describe in the language of my predecessors, viz: 



