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not flow freely^ and the pulse at the wrist does 

 not beat^ the bandage above the elbow must be 

 slackened a little. 



To bleed another person, the process is precisely 

 the same, except in making the orifice, which then 

 would be, with the lancet pointing towards the 

 elbow, rather in an oblique direction ; but I take 

 it for granted, that most travellers understand 

 the simple process of bleeding ; if not, it ought 

 to be acquired, being an operation so very use- 

 ful and simple. 



Should an inordinate secretion of bile take 

 place, from the heat of the weather, or any other 

 cause, producing a diarrhoea or sickness at the 

 stomach, a Seidlitz powder or weak solution of 

 Epsom salts may be taken ; and, by drinking 

 plentifully of beef tea, (if it can be procured,) to 

 dilute the acrid bile, it will be sufficient. After 

 it has ceased to operate, a little weak brandy and 

 water will restore the tone of the stomach and 

 bowels. I would never recommend, while under- 

 going violent horse exercise^ purgatives con- 



