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flanks, the belly, the penis, the nose, and the lips are the most 

 frequent situations of warts. If not too extensive, they should 

 be excised with the knife or the hot iron. The worst situation 

 for warts to appear is the penis, the extremity of which is some- 

 times so covered with them as to produce great inconvenience, and 

 even to interrupt the passage of urine. The glans penis, in bad 

 cases, appears quite a fungous mass, presenting a bleeding and 

 disgusting appearance. In these cases, the only remedy is to 

 amputate the penis above the seat of disease. 



The horse being cast as for castration, a straight staff is to be 

 passed up the urethra, and cut down upon with a circular incision. 

 The divided arteries may be closed by torsion or ligature. 



Mr. Blaine recommends the following ointment for the re- 

 moval of warts, when they cannot be conveniently removed by 

 the knife : — 



Muriate of ammonia 2 dr. 



Powdered savin 1 oz. 



Liud • U oz. 



To be a[)plied once a day. 



The success of this ointment is, however, doubtful ; arsenic is 

 often employed with greater effect in the form of an ointment. 



f-Fens are oval or round bodies found In various parts of the 

 body, under the skin generally, in a detached state. They are 

 easily removed by making an opening with a knife. 



An encysted tumour Is a collection of fluid within a mem- 

 branous sac, which often floats loosely under the integuments. 

 It must be cut Into, and dissected out. 



Sometimes we find a hard white tumour under the skin, and 

 closely connected with the muscles. It often arises from an 

 external Injury, and Is frequently found at the shoulders, 

 where it Is produced by repeated galls with the collar, and its 

 size and protuberance render It Impossible for the horse to 

 work without galling. The only remedy Is to dissect the 

 tumour carefully from the surrounding skin and flesh, removing 

 at the same time the galled skin. I have in this way removed 

 enlargements weighing fifteen pounds and upwards, and ren- 

 dered an animal before useless again valuable. — Ed.] 



\_MelanosiSt 



Another description of tumour, appears In different parts of the 

 body. I lately met with a case in a white Ai-abian horse, 

 belonging to a distinguished nobleman. In which the symptoms 

 were very singular and obscure. 



At first the horse was attacked with spasmodic pains ; then 



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