CHAP. II.] THE JUGULAR VEIN. 565 



ately at the seat of the evil. Bleeding in the foot 

 is the only exception we should make ; unless the 

 practice of incising the bars of the mouth when the 

 animal will not take his corn, be another, or at least 

 not of importance sufficient to be mentioned at all, 

 even as an exception. 



The jugular vein being sought for where it is 

 largest and nearest the surface, this will be found 

 upon pressing it with the finger, a hand's breadth 

 from the setting on of the head, a very little below 

 the place where a branch comes from the lower 

 jaw, and joins another from the upper part. The 

 Frenchman instructs his marechal thus pithily on 

 this topic, as on several others- — " Do not bleed 

 your horse in the head, but as near to it as pos- 

 sible." Its situation being thus found, take the 

 fleam between the fore-finger and thumb of the 

 left hand, and pressing gently upon the vein below 

 with the other fingers, the vein will rise ; then 

 strike, with stick or spring, as the case may be, 

 and continue the pressure until the proper quantity 

 of blood is drawn off. If this latter necessary at- 

 tendance is found inconvenient, the ligature may 

 now be applied without danger, but with no addi- 

 tional advantage. 



Pinning up the orifice is the final part of blood- 

 letting that is frequently overdone ; that is to say, 

 too much of the skin is drawn up over the orifice 

 of the vein, so that the blood will flow underneath 

 the skin, which causes a swelling ; and a fistulous 

 tumour is the consequence, that is very trouble- 



