02 The Ailments of Horses. 



but recent, means of diagnosing the 

 disease. 



Treatment. — -This can be but palliative. 



If the animal is of no special value, 

 destruction is as economical as any plan 

 we know of. 



Tumours. — The word " tumour " can be 

 employed to indicate any form of swelling, 

 no matter whether such be hard or soft, 

 situated either internally or externally. 



Tumours, be they hard or soft, when 

 situated in connexion with, or in juxta- 

 position to, vital parts, usually cause 

 death, either in virtue of the pressure 

 which they exert, or through the subse- 

 quent inflammation which they induce 

 by reason of their rupture and acrid dis- 

 charge. 



Solid tumours situated externally, e.g., 

 capped-elbow, are usually amenable to 

 surgical treatment. In most instances 

 their removal is called for, either by 

 ligature — i.e., tying a string around their 

 base — or by the knife. 



In the former case, there is less bleed- 

 ing, and it is one which commends itself 

 as being the most suitable for the layman 

 to adopt. The only additional treatment 

 comprises keeping the wound sweet with 

 creolin or Jeyes's lotion (two drachms to 

 a pint of water), and protecting the part 

 from further injury. 



Warts and angle-berries can be removed 

 by the same method. 



Polypi — -i.e., pendulous tumours — ■ 

 within the anus or vagina are readily 

 done away with by the application of a 



