340 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



perfectly closed, or from hair or blood lodging 

 between the lips of the wound, the first 

 symptoms are swelling and an oozing of 

 moisture from the wound. In this case the 

 vein is often preserved, and the disease soon 

 cured, by applying lightly the actual cautery, 

 and hy keeping the horse at rest. It must 

 not be supposed, however, that in every case 

 of sweliinir after bleedino: the vein is inHamed : 

 a slight swelling often takes place immediately 

 after the operation, merely from the blood 

 fi^ettinsf into the cellular membrane under the 

 skin; and this swelling is sometimes succeeded 

 b}^ an oozing of moisture from the wound: 

 but all this is soon removed by rubbing on 

 it a little soap liniment. When the vein is 

 really inllamed, there is generally a discharge 

 of blood sometinie after the operation; and 

 if this do not happen, the swelling extends 

 to the gland under the ear, the whole being 

 extremely tender and painful, often rendering 

 the horse almost incapable of masticating or 

 swallowing. When the disease is improperly 

 treated, or suifered to take it's own course, 

 sinuses form by the side of the vein; so that 

 the probe may be passed in various direc- 

 jLions, generally upward towards the gland, 



