62 BLEEDING. 



When at the number of seventy, or eighty, or 

 more, it is hard, and yet small and wiry. It denotes 

 inflammation of the bowels, if the other symptoms 

 are present. 



When it is oppressed and indistinct, feeling as if 

 there was too much blood in the artery, it denotes 

 inflammation of the lungs, if the other symptoms 

 are present. 



When the pulse is irregular or intermittent, stop- 

 ping a second, then going on again, it denotes great 

 danger under disease, if other bad symptoms are 

 present. The intermittent pulse is sometimes pro- 

 duced intentionally, by giving digitalis, or other 

 poisonous medicines. 



BLEEDING 



should never be resorted to till the disease is clear- 

 ly ascertained. 



When you bleed from the neck vein, the first six 

 inches near the head must not be punctured, nor lower 

 down the neck than a foot/* Any spot between six 

 and twelve inches will do. The vein branches off 

 about six inches below the jaw, and the best spot for 

 bleeding is two inches below that. 



If you have never bled a horse before, or the vein 

 does not show sufficiently full, smooth it down and 

 press upon it below with the fingers, then tie the cord 

 round the neckt and lay the fleam along the course of 



* I would never bleed lower down than two inches from where the vein 

 branches off, which is nearer four than six inches below the jaw. ED. 



*h A cord ought never to be tied round the neck. It is not necessary, and 

 is likely to make the horse restive. By pressing the fingers on the vein, it 

 will rise quite sufficiently for any one to bleed who knows how to do it. I 

 have bled thousands of horses and never on any occasion used a cord. ED. 



