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CHAPTEP. VII. 



DISEASES AND ACCIDENTS REQUIRING SURGICAL AID. 



Tumours. — Cancer. — Encysted Tumours. — Abscesses. — Unnatural Par- 

 turition. — Accidents and Operations. 



TUMOURS. 



Bbonchocele, or Goitre, is very common among house pets, showing 

 itself in a large and rather soft swelling in the front of the throat. 

 It is not attended with danger ; and even in extreme cases, when 

 it affects the breathing so as to cause it to be short and even 

 attended with noise, it very rarely goes on to produce suffocation. 

 It is called, scientifically, an hypcHrophy of the thyroid body, being 

 an excessive and unnatural growth of the part, and not a new or 

 diseased production. The treatment consists in rubbing in iodine 

 outwardly ; and, if this fails, giving it internally also. The in- 

 ternal remedy may be according to the formula (3) ; but, if the 

 expense is objected to, the sarsaparilla maybe omitted. The oint- 

 ment is as follows : 



Iodide of potassium, 1 drachm. 

 Lard, 1 ounce. 



Mix, and rub in the size of a filbert, night and morning. 



Or, 



Paint over the surface some tincture of iodine twice a week. 



