214. ANGLEBEKIIIES. WARTS. 



to remove them. Perhaps the best way to do, is to both twist 

 and pull them at the same moment. 



Where the growth is suspended, in the manner as above 

 described, the pedicle must be removed with the knife. To do 

 so, the horse should be cast and secured. The tumour should 

 then be firmly seized by the left hand, and pulled from the skin, 

 so as to lift the skin from its sub-tissues ; the stalk is then to 

 be carefully cut away, together with as much of the dermal 

 textures as may be necessary to enable the operator to destroy 

 the tissues whence the Angleberry originates. 



It is seldom, however, that even this method complete as it 

 may appear, wiU of itself thoroughly eradicate every germ of 

 the malady. I have, under such circumstances, again and again 

 witnessed a return of the disease in the same part. 



In addition to removing these growths with the knife, or 

 separating them by force with the fingers from the skin, the 

 matrix requires in every case to be freely dressed with a 

 powerful escharotic, and the best for this purpose is Nitric 

 Acid. In certain cases, or where the matrix of the growth is 

 extensive, it may be necessary to apply the acid, twice or even 

 three times in succession, at intervals of twenty or thirty hours 

 between each dressing, 



In cases, however, where these growths are present upon 

 the eyelids, or upon the sides of the face or nostrils, strong 

 Iodine Ointment will prove the safest: acid if applied here, 

 might prove dangerous to the eyes of the patient. The Iodine 

 Ointment is to be made as follows, and a small portion to be 

 rubbed upon the sores, three or four times daily. 



Iodine ... ... ... 1 drachm. 



Lard ... ... ... 1 oz. 



The Iodine to be powdered, then thoroughly mixed with the 

 lard, and it is ready for nse. 



