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person unacquainted with anatomy to perforin 

 this operation of tying the artery. Therefore 

 if no professional person be present at such 

 an accident, it is advisable to endeavour to 

 stop the bleeding by pressure, giving up all 

 attempts to tye the artery, and noc placing 

 any dependance upon those preparations called 

 styptics. (See A/dterid Mddf'ci.) 



Pieces of spunge or lint, sec ired wiih band- 

 age, will be found most convenient for this 

 purpose. If the wounded artery be of con- 

 siderable size, which may be known by the 

 quantity of blood and the force with which it 

 is thrown out, the bandage should not be re- 

 moved till the second or tbird day *. 



In these wounds, also, it is necessary to 

 avoid the stimulating applications and tents 

 commonly employed by farriers : but when the 

 inflammation has subsided, and the wound 

 does not appear disposed to heal, they may 

 be used with advantage. It is of importance 



* It is easy to distinguish between a wounded artery and a 

 vein. In the latter the blood is of a darker red colour, flows in 

 a uniform stream, and with little force : in the former, the blood 

 is of a bright scarlet colour, and is thrown out by jerks, witfe 

 considerable force. 



