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ligature is to be composed of three threads of saddler's 

 twine, well waxed; pass the needle through the 

 centre of the wart, close down to the skin; tie each 

 half separately with a surgeons knot, as tight as possible ; 

 cut the end off pretty close to the knot, and in the 

 course of a short time the whole will drop off. A 

 wart having a small circumscribed pedicel may be 

 removed in the same way, by tying a single ligature 

 round its base. If the exposed surface should not 

 heal readily, moisten it occasionally with tincture of 

 aloes and myrrh ; and if they show a disposition to 

 ulcerate, sprinkle them with powdered charcoal and 

 blood-root, equal pai'ts. Waits about the sheath or 

 penis should be removed by incision. To do this, we 

 often have to cast the animal — the consequent hemor- 

 rhage to be arrested with tincture of muriate of iron, 



or styptic. 



SLOBBERING. 



This complaint is quite common in rural districts, 

 where clover is used as a pasture. Lobelia or tobacco 

 will produce the same results. This is caused by 



