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CHAPTER IX. 



TUMORS. 



. Fibrous tumors are sometimes seen in horses, 

 and are due to pus imprisoned in the muscles, and 

 are very frequently found on or near the point of 

 the shoulder, and arise from pressure of the collar. 

 They are found on other parts of the body liable to 

 pressure. They are hard to the touch and not pain- 

 ful on pressure. The best method of treating a 

 tumor of this kind is to make one or two openings 

 into the center of it, and when it stops bleeding 

 take two grains of bichloride of mercury and roll 

 it up in a small piece of tissue paper and press it 

 into the bottom of the opening. Repeat this every 

 third day until the tumor disappears, which it will 

 soon do, leaving no blemish. I have practiced this 

 method for a number of years with success. 



Cystic tumors are usually caused by bruises or 

 pressure. Thus we find capped elbow and capped 

 hock. 



Capped Elbow is caused by the horse lying on its 

 foot or the calkins of its shoe, and from this pres- 

 sure in time a low form of inflammation is set up 

 and a fluid is poured into the bruised part, and it 

 gradually increases until a tumor, or what is called 

 a shoe boil, is formed. When it gets into this state 



