CAPILLAEY BLEEDINa. 



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Fia. 451.— Lancet to Bleed at tne Palate, 



If, on the contrary, an artery has been divided and the flow of 

 blood becomes sufficiently abundant and continuous to become 

 alarming, it becomes necessary to employ hemostatic means. 

 These may be a small sponge compressed or moistened with cold 

 water or an astringent solution ; or, if necessary, a pad of oakum 

 can be applied and secured with a bandage passed through the 

 mouth and around the maxillary bone, and tied on the face. It 

 can also be accompUshed by means of a peculiar bit, represented 

 in Fig. 452. This bit has a smaU board in its middle, and on each 

 side of the bar two straps, one to 

 act as the check-piece of a bridle, 

 the other being passed over the 

 nose where they are buckled to- 

 gether more or less tightly. The 



board of the bar is padded, and pig 453.-Apparatus to Apply Pressure 



is applied directly over the place '° ^^^ *"<> Bleeding at the Paiate. 

 of the incision. The pressure should be continued for several 

 hours. 



This operation was first recommended in cases of stomatitis, 

 in the pecuHar form known by the unmeaning name of lampas, 

 but is resorted to for a much better purpose in apoplectic conges- 

 tion of the head. 



(/) Bleeding at the Coronet. — In the "Dictionary of Veterin- 

 ary Medicine and Surgery," Bouley says : " There exists on each 

 side of the coronet, a rich superficial venous plexus resting on the 

 cartilaginous plates of the foot, formed at this point by the union 

 of numerous veins of the digital region. These veins are united 

 by large communicating vessels, running on the anterior and 

 posterior faces of the second phalanx. Nothing is easier than 

 to open one of these vessels by plunging the point of a bistoury 

 through the sMn ; the puncture being followed by an abundant 

 flow of blood, and, if it is repeated, a large bleeding, quite as 

 abundant as that obtained by the opening of another large vein. 



