WARTS. :mO 



777. TiicitinenL 



Jf any positive (niiso. sucli us li.id foiuL'*^ •>i' ueL'l»'»t of fxroniuiiiir ran ho 

 as( crtaincfl to have existed, nieasines must of course he taken to veetify 

 it. Without sueli amendment local treatment will not he of much avail. 

 If, as is often the case, dehility is also a symptom, care must he taken to 

 improve the tone of the system hy good feedinpr and good grooming. 



As regards Loral treatment, scrape each .spot well with a spatula, not 

 roughly, hut sufficiently to clear off the fungus, and also clean off the 

 hair for half an inch round the spot. 



When the fungus has heen removed, the s|tot will hecome red an<l 

 moist, hut not hleeding. 



Wa.sh well with warm water and soap, and th' n dry it : and then ]iass 

 veiy quickly over it a stick of nitrate of silvi-r ; and also very liLrhtly over 

 the hair on the margin of the spi>t. 



It is not necessary to keep the horse off his w((rk. unless there are any 

 spots under some part of the harness. 



CIIAriER 53. 

 WARTS. 



778. Situation and size of Warts. 779. Causes. 780. Treatment. 



778. Situation and size of Warts. 



A Wart is an extra secretion of cuticle from the papillae of the dermis. 

 Warts are of rather common occurrence in the horse. They appear on 

 the thin and more delicate portions of the skin, as for in.stance on tke 

 sheath, the inner surfaces of the hind limhs, the abdomen, the eyelids, 

 and the sides of the nose. They seldom appear on the back, hind quar- 

 ters, sides, or outer surfaces of the limbs. They are sometimes found on 

 the neck, where the skin has. been injured by the collar. 



They vaiy in size from that of a pea to that of a lai'ge potato. The 

 wart commences as a small round substance, and graduallt increases. 

 As it increases, it becomes divided into clefts and fissures, from which 

 the blood occasionally exudes. 



779. Causes. 



The precise causes of these excrescences are not knov,n ; but they pro- 

 bably arise from some peculiar derangement of the nutritive vessels. 



