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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
189
or
in
its
vicinity,
as
by
opening
the
plate
vein,
super-
ficial
vein
of
the
thigh,
or
temporal
arteries.
In
fevers
of
all
kinds,
and
when
inflammation
at-
tacks
any
important
organ,
as
the
brain,
eyes,
lungs,
stomach,
intestines,
liver,
kidney's,
bladder,
&c.,
bleeding
is
of
the
greatest
use.
It
diminishes
the
quantity
of
blood
in
the
body,
and
by
this
means
prevents
the
bad
consequences
of
inflammation.
The
quantity
of
blood
to
be
taken
varies
according
to
the
age,
size,
condition,
and
constitution
of
the
horse,
and
the
urgency
of
the
symptoms.
From
a
large,
strong
horse,
4
or
6
quarts
will
generally
be
requisite;
and
this
may
be
repeated
in
smaller
quantities
if
the
symptoms
demand
it.
The
blood,
in
these
diseases,
must
flow
from
a
large
orifice
made
in
the
vein.
A
horse
should
never
be
suffered
to
bleed
upon
the
ground,
but
into a
measure,
in
order
that
the
proper
quantity
may
be
taken.
Horses have
sometimes
much
constitutional
irrita-
tion,
which
bleeding
relieves.
But
in
these
affections
it
is
very
rarely
necessary
to
bleed
to
the
same
ex-
tent
as
in
fevers,
&c.
;
2
or
3
quarts
generally
suffi
3
TO
be
taken
away.
No,
421.
Fulness
of
Blood.
Moderate
bleeding,
as
from
2
to
4
quarts,
is
also
used
to
remove
fulness
of
habit,
or
plethora,
attended
with
slight
inflammatory
symptoms.
In
this
case
the
eyes
appear
heavy,
dull,
red,
or
inflamed,
frequently
closed
as
if
asleep;
the
pulse
small
and
oppressed;
the
heat
of
the
body
somewhat
increased
;
the
legs