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ascertained, the skin is divided and the growth dissected 

 out. This is easily done, and it is seldom that a vessel 

 requiring ligature is divided. The care required is to 

 spare the skin, no portion of which, unless it should be 

 implicated, ought to be excised. Neither plaster nor 

 suture will afterwards be wanted. The bitch would 

 with her teeth remove either ; and as the healing 

 process is established, the integument will contract and 

 unite. 



When there is more than a single tumor to take away, 

 or one of large dimensions to remove, though there may 

 be no important vessels to ligature, the oozing of blood 

 is sometimes greater than may with safety be disre- 

 garded. In such cases, the application of cold water, or 

 of oil of turpentine, or the tincture of ergot of rye, or 

 blowing upon the part by means of a pair of bellows, 

 will be of service, and may each be tried; but the 

 actual cautery, though held in high esteem by veterina- 

 rians, is not suited to these instances. 



After the tumor or tumors are cleanly removed, a 

 course of iodine should be enforced ; and it should be 

 persevered with for several months, nor given up simply 

 because all present symptoms have disappeared. The 

 tendency has been exhibited, and the medicine is now 

 employed to prevent its development for the future ; and, 

 by the continued use of the agent, we hope to accom- 

 plish that intention. 



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