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be given daily, with any other medicine which the case 

 may require. 



To the part itself a weak solution of the chloride of 

 zinc may be used ; but nothing further should be done 

 until the system has been invigorated, and the health, as 

 far as possible, restored. That being accomplished, if 

 the tumor is still perfect, it should be cut down upon 

 and removed. If any part of the bone is diseased, so 

 much should be taken away as will leave a healthy 

 surface. 



However, before the dog is brought to the veterinary 

 surgeon for treatment, very often the tumor has lost its 

 integrity, and there is a running sore to be healed. To 

 this probably some ignorant persons have been applying 

 caustics and erodents, which have done much harm, and 

 caused it to increase. In such a case we strengthen the 

 constitution by all possible means, and to the part order 

 fomentations of a decoction of poppy-heads, containing 

 chloride of zinc in minute quantities. Other anodyne 

 applications may also be employed ; the object being to 

 allay any existing irritation, for the chloride is merely 

 added to correct the fetor, which at this period is never 

 . absent. After some days we strive to ascertain what 

 action the internal remedies have had upon the cancer ; 

 for by this circumstance the surgeon will decide whether 

 he is justified in hazarding an operation. If the health 

 has improved, but simultaneously the affected part has 

 become worse, then the inference is unfavorable ; for the 

 disease is no longer to be regarded as local. The consti- 



