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may be left to nature. In very slight cases, where these fungi 

 have appeared as warts only, which is not uncommon, I have re- 

 moved them by merely sprinkling them daily with powdered savine 

 three parts, crude sal ammoniac two parts. Other ulcerous af- 

 fections are noticed under the head Wounds. 



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Dogs are subject to a variety of swellings or tumours. If we 

 commence our account with the head, we shall find that it is the 

 subject of a peculiar tumefaction, not very unlike human erysi- 

 pelas. In dogs of a gross, full habit, from natural plethora, or 

 from over feeding, the head will sometimes become suddenly en- 

 larged, hot, tender, and painful, accompanied with thirst, quickened 

 pulse, and every mark of fever. In a day or two a general erup- 

 tion takes place, which proves to be a kind of acute mange. — See 

 Mange. In distemper also, a phlegmonous tumour occasionally 

 forms upon some part of the face, generally about the lower jaw, 

 which soon maturates, but afterwards forms an unhealthy and 

 spreading ulcer. — See Distemper. The flap of the ear is also 

 subject to a very considerable tumour, containing serum. See 

 Tumejied Flap of the Ear. — The neck is likewise subject to 

 tumefactions. The principal of these cases arise from enlarge- 

 ment of the glands on each side of the windpipe, and is called 

 BroncJiocele ; which see. The neck will sometimes also become 

 swollen from rheumatism. See Rheumatism. — On the body, 

 glandular tumours, or wens, will likewise form in various parts : 

 there is hardly any situation in which I have not seen them, and 

 extracted them from. See Cancer and Glandular Swellings, — 

 But the most frequent glandular tumours are those that form in 

 the teats of bitches. See Scirrhus. In old bitches, particularly in 

 spayed ones, there often appears a tumour or enlargement on each 

 side of the back about the loins, which, though it elevates the 

 skin externally, yet it is evidently more deeply situated. These 

 swellings arise from large accumulations of fat about the ovaria. 



