200 Tfje ^ARRi^R sNe'W Guide. Chap. LI. 



Wounds among Lajily, The Needle is to be fpat ingly us'd 

 the Sitienvs. among the fenfible and nervous Parts ; for 

 altho' there are divers Circumftances which may require 

 Hitching, even where the Tendons are wounded, and altho' 

 it may be more particularly gone about where there is a 

 ATry found Conftitution, yet as there is an Ichor and vifcid 

 Matter perperually flowing from the Tendons, even in the 

 bell Habits, v. lach caufe untowardly Accidents ; therefore, 

 as thefe are oftentimes heighten'd by flitching, the Pra(^titio- 

 ner fhould be very well vers'd in Pradtice to endeavour the 

 Cure of fuch Wounds, otherwife than by proper and plain 

 Drefling , for if this Operation has not always the defired 

 Succefs on human Bodies, who can be managed fo as to keep 

 the Mufcles, to which thofe Tendons belong, from all man- 

 ner O' Action, much lefs can be expeded from Brutes, but 

 efpecially Horfes, who keep more in a ftanding Pofture than 

 any other, and therefore are not only cblig'd, and under a 

 l^'eceiTity fometimes to move thofe Parts, but even at moft 

 Times to lay a great Weight upon them. 

 The Manner of . ^'^ P^' ^°^""' ^^^''^ Operation aright,the Far- 

 fiitcbinz ^^^^ ought to be provided ^^■ith leveral Nee- 



dles, fome ftreight, and forr.e crooked, and 

 of thefe fome ought to be more arched than others, and 

 accommodated to Wounds that are deep ; and for this End 

 alfo they ought to be of different Sizes. Both the flreight 

 and crooked (hould be edged, and not round, that they 

 may the more eafily penetrate, and caufe the lefs Pain ; and 

 thofe that are appointed for deep Wounds (hould be ftrong, 

 that they may not break, and caufe Trouble in the Opera- 

 tion. But in all thefe Things the Farriers may take Pal- 

 tern from the Surgeons. 



The Hitching of fupejficial Wounds ought to be perform- 

 ed with a itrcight Needle, and is chiefly necefiary upon Paris 

 that are prominent and expofed to View, where the Skin 

 being only burft, gives way and opens wide, tho' it be not 

 much fcparatcd from the fubjacent Flelh ; and if it is not 

 drawn together, it will leave a Baldnefs ; or the Hair that 

 grows upon the Part will be white, and Ibfter than that 

 which covers thereflof the Body, either of which becomes 

 a Deformity upon the Cheek, the Tops of the Loins, or 

 upon any Joint, as we fometimes obferve when thele Parts 

 have been gall'd, and when there is no Room for Ibch an 

 Operation. 



But in all 6tti^ Wounds a crooked Needle mufl be us'd, 

 and of fuch a P'orm as \\ ill eafily make a Compafs under 



