1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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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