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dered more susceptible of disease than he 

 would otherwise be. Moderate purging 

 and regular exercise, with a proper regula- 

 tion of diet and temperature, are fully ade- 

 quate to the prevention of disease on those 

 occasions ; but these are too often neg- 

 lected. 



We are told by a pretender to veterinary 

 science, that it is seldom necessary to pin 

 up the orifice, which is made in the skin by 

 bleeding. I grant there is not often any 

 danger to be apprehended from its bleeding 

 again, but unless it is pinned up, that is, un« 

 less the lips of the wound are brought into 

 contact, and kept in that situation, by pass- 

 ing a pin through the edges of the skin, 

 and twisting a little tow round it, as is gene- 

 rally done by farriers, considerable inflam- 

 mation and swelling will sometimes take 

 place in the wound, and matter will often 

 ff>rm in consequence. I can also assure 

 that gentleman, from considerable experi- 

 ence, that the fleme has been found upon 

 many occasions, particularly for opening 

 the neck vein, a better instrument than the 

 layicet ; the latter makes an orifice in the 

 skin, not larger than the vein, and as the 



