. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. DISEASES, ETC., OF THE HEART AND BLOOD-VESSELS. 435. TYING AN ARTEKY. XIII. Wounds of Blood-vessels. The local blood-vessels are always involved, of course, iu a wound of any part of the body. Whenever a vessel is cut straight across, the contraction of its coats prevents much bleeding, unless it is a large one, but Avhen in an oblique direction, the bleeding is generally free. To stop the flow of blood from a wound, the scientilic plan is to catch the bleeding vessel with the forcep
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. DISEASES, ETC., OF THE HEART AND BLOOD-VESSELS. 435. TYING AN ARTEKY. XIII. Wounds of Blood-vessels. The local blood-vessels are always involved, of course, iu a wound of any part of the body. Whenever a vessel is cut straight across, the contraction of its coats prevents much bleeding, unless it is a large one, but Avhen in an oblique direction, the bleeding is generally free. To stop the flow of blood from a wound, the scientilic plan is to catch the bleeding vessel with the forceps, and tie it with a thread, as shown in the illus- tration. Hardly any farmer could be ex- pected to try this; so, his best recourse, ordinarily, will be to take a piece of cot- ton batting, soaked in some astringent solution, such as tincture of iron or of catechu, and pack it in the cut, and hold it there firmly with a bandage. Another convenient way to stop the bleeding is to tie a rope tightly around the part, a little above the wound. XIV. Inflammation of the Jugular Vein, or Phlebitis. In the days when bleeding was the cure-all for almost any disease a horse could exhibit, this was a common trouble. It has become much less frequent since the practice of bleeding fell into compar- ative disfavor. Causes.—As just intimated, phlebitis is usually the result of some bungling in bleeding, or from the use of dirty instruments, or from pinning some hairs in the opening of the wound. Symptoms.—The first signs are generally noticed very shortly after the bleeding. The tissues swell in the neighborhood of the cut in the vein, and the swelling soon extends upwards toward the head. The edges of the wound become red and are everted (turned inside out). Presently the vein is found to contain a hard clot. A little later, if this clot could be examined under a microscope, minute ves- sels would be discovered beginning to ramify through it; in other words, it is becoming "organiz
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