200 NAYIX OX THE HOESE. 



through the base of the wart, then cut the needle off. There 

 are then two cords through the wart. One of these is to be tied 

 around one half, and the other around the other half, drawing 

 them very tight, and t3dng with a surgeon^ s knot. If the wart 

 has a stem or pedicle, tie the cord around it. After being 

 thus ligatured, the wart will drop off in a few days. The 

 sore that is left may be treated as a simple ulcer ; it is noth- 

 ing else. 



Warts may be removed by the application of caustics, as 

 caustic potash, arsenic, or corrosive sublimate. I prefer remov- 

 ing them with a dull red-hot iron, called actual cautery. Apply 

 the iron to the stem or pedicle of the wart, and it will fall in a 

 few seconds. After it is off, if the roots are likely to sprout up 

 again, apply some caustic ; either of those just mentioned will 

 answer. Treat the ulcer left as before directed. Some warts 

 may be clipped off. Nitrate of silver, twenty grains to the 

 ounce of water, makes a good dressing for the ulcer left after a 

 wart is removed. Dip a feather in it, and apply to the ulcer 

 once a day. 



SITFASTS. 



A sitfast is a hardened, thickened, and elevated portion of the 

 skin, of a dark color, with edges more or less raised, and 

 extremely sensitive, the horse scarcely allowing it to be touched. 

 It resembles a corn in the human patient. Sitfasts come where 

 the saddle or harness exerts undue pressure. Scalds may cause 

 them. 



Treatment. — Cut the sitfast entirely out, and heal the wound 

 as any ordinary sore. 



WIND-GALLS. 



These are tumors, of a puffy character, of variable size, 

 located on the legs, generally about the hough and fetlock. 

 Where the tendons of the muscles are attached, or where they 

 lie close to the bone, and where there would be friction, little 



