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WARTS. 



These are fibrous or seedy fungoid growths, 

 occurring in various parts of the body. In co?^ 

 they frequently present themselves in great num- 

 bers about the nose. Treatment : Let them alone 

 when about the nose of colts ; in horses, they should 

 be removed with the knife, or by a string tied 

 tightly round them, and kept there until they 

 slough away. Permanganate of potash, as a 

 caustic, is an excellent remedy. 



CASTRATING COLTS. 



This operation, to say the least, is a barbarous 

 one, necessity only justifying its performance. 

 This fact admitted, it becomes us, as rational beings, 

 to perform the operation in such a manner as 

 involves the least risk, the least pain, and the 

 least inconvenience to the animal operated upon. 

 Castration is one of the most ancient operations 

 known to man. The different methods which 

 have from time to time been practised, we will 

 not consider in this little work, but will be con- 

 tent with mentioning the operation introduced 

 into the -United States, by the author, several 

 years ago. This consists in removing the testicles 

 by means of the acraseur, an instrument invented 

 for the removal of hemorrhoides (piles) in man. 

 The advantages of this operation over all others 

 arej First : it is safer, better, less painful, more 

 scientific, and less barbarous than any other at 

 present known. Second : the wounds heal quickly, 



