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tion of them for an hour or two now and then — their use must be 
long continued, and especially that of the poultice. The latter 
appears to me to have a most salutary effect in bringing about a 
more healthy action, both before and after suppuration, and, in fact, 
in every stage of the disease. 
I also think that we occasionally do harm by the use of too strong 
and stimulating caustic dressings or injections, thereby destroying 
the very coats of the vein, and, of necessity, producing a long and 
tedious sloughing process. It is my firm opinion that injections of 
a more simple nature, and the continuance of the poultice, will, in 
the majority of instances, bring about a healthy action without so 
much sloughing. 
We may also do harm by the caustic injections escaping down the 
vein and getting into the circulation, unless pressure is made on 
the vein below. 
Haemorrhage . — Sometimes secondary haemorrhage takes place to 
a considerable extent in consequence of ulceration and sloughing, 
and in some instances it is the result of putting the horse to work 
in harness before the puncture is firmly united, whereby the collar 
presses upon the vein and stops the circulation. 
In the 8th vol. of the Veterinarian there is an interesting case, 
by the late George Hawthorne, of Kettering, of laceration of the left 
jugular vein at the bottom of the neck. In a fortnight after, the 
animal was put to work, but it was found that the pressure of the 
collar produced frequent haemorrhage, and that eating of hay always 
produced it. 
In consequence of haemorrhage always taking place when the 
mare ate hay, it was agreed to by the owner for Mr. Hawthorne to 
take the vein up, which he did by placing a double ligature on 
the vessel about the bleeding place. 
The veins above the ligature began to swell exceedingly, almost 
to bursting, and he was fearful the ligatures would give way. By 
fomenting the throat and side of the face the enlargement of the 
veins subsided in a few days, and by the thirteenth day the ligatures 
had sloughed away and both wounds had healed up, and in a week 
after the animal was put to work. In six months after he saw her 
again, and the owner said she had been regularly worked, and to 
all appearance without producing the least inconvenience. 
In the 8th vol. of the Vetrinarian , page 433, there is a very 
interesting case, by the late Harry Daws, of rupture of the left 
jugular in a bay mare, six years old. He saw the case on the 24th 
June, 1835. The wound, which had been produced, six weeks 
previously, from a shaft of a cab, was in the front of the chest on 
the left side, a little above the sternum. The wound had, to all 
appearance, healed, and she was considered fit for work a fortnight 
after the accident happened, when suddenly the blood gushed out 
in a stream from the seat of injury, and continued to do so every 
time the mare took any food. On the 8th July a ligature was placed 
on the jugular, eight inches below the bifurcation, with the desired 
effect. The ligature, with a portion of the vein, came away in 
