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branch of the under jaw, near its hinder end, com- 

 presses and enlarges the angular vein, which passes 

 in this place ; the shepherd then takes hold of the 

 right cheek of the sheep with the other hand, nearly 

 at an equal distance between the eye and the mouth ; 

 and the tubercle or swelling will be there found to 

 direct him ; and he will perceive the angular vein 

 enlarged under it. He then takes the lancet from 

 his mouth with his right hand, and makes the orifice 

 for bleeding from the bottom upwards, half a finger's 

 breadth under the middle of the swelling, which will 

 serve to guide him : it may be said without exagger- 

 ation, that in this manner, a blind man might be able 

 to bleed a sheep, because he would feel with his fin- 

 gers the tubercle, which would direct him in making 

 the incision. 



Q. Is the bleeding in the cheek safe and advanta- 

 geous ? 



Q. The bleeding in the cheek is both easy and 

 safe; as the situation of the vein cannot be mistaken, 

 and it is large enough to afford a sufficient quantity 

 of blood ; because it receives it from several other 

 veins ; and the blood is retained there by the hand 

 of the shepherd, which has the effect of a ligature, at 

 the angle of the jaw. There is no risk of opening 

 the artery ; it is some distance between that and the 

 vein at, the place of bleeding. A man may go through 

 this operation without assistance. 



A. What is the disease in sheep which requires 

 immediate bleeding. 



A. It is the disease, which is called the heat, the 

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