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can readily be removed by cutting down upon it, and dissecting 

 out the cyst or sac which enshrouds it. The epidermic wart, 

 sometimes, has a very broad base, and in order to remove it 

 a double armed ligature must be sent through it, so that it can 

 be tied in two equal halves. Occasionally, this kind of wart 

 is pendulous — has a contracted neck at its base. This may be 

 encircled by a single ligature, and in the course of thirty -six 

 hours will fall off. 



The third kind of wart is a sort of funguous excrescence ; 

 not horny, nor hard, like the two former, but possessing great 

 vascularity, and when rubbed or bruised they often bleed pro- 

 fusely. I lately removed one from the inferior jaw of an ox, 

 which bled very profusely after the removal, and did not cease 

 until a haemostatic had been repeatedly applied. The haemo- 

 static was powdered matico leaves, which coagulated the 

 albumen of the blood. There is great danger in removing 

 warts of this kind. The following case, occurring in the prac- 

 tice of Surgeon Cartwright, will illustrate the proposition : — 



" On the 1st of June, 1846, I removed several warts from 

 the linea alba of a year-old heifer, belonging to Samuel Wor- 

 thington, Esq., of this town. I cast her, and cut them off with 

 the knife, and did not apply anything to the wounds, as they 

 did not bleed an ounce. I could see one or two large blood- 

 vessels on the surface of the wounds. We loosed her from 

 the hobbles, and then tied her up, and the wounds soon left off 

 bleeding. Gave her an aperient, and left her for the night. 



" The next morning she was found down, and could scarcely 

 get up from loss of blood, which continued to issue through a 

 large band that was passed round her. I was immediately 

 sent for ; but was gone to Liverpool. They, in consequence, 

 applied to a druggist, who sent some alum water, which stop- 

 ped the blood. In a day or two I saw her ; but as a scab was 

 then forming on the wounds, I did not meddle with it ; soon 

 afterwards the parts were cicatrized. 



" Observations. — There is no doubt but that, after she was 

 left, she commenced licking the wounds, and so brought on 

 the secondary hemorrhage. The person who looked after her 



