370 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



necrosed cartilage it will feel like the presence of a piece of dry 

 leather or partially softened wood. A counter opening must then be 

 made at this place, and all diseased cartilage cut away with the knife. 

 The subsequent treatment consists in keeping the artificial wound 

 open for the discharge of pus, and the injection of chlorid of zinc, 

 5 grains to the ounce of water, once or twice a day, until the wound 

 is healed. 



ENCHONDROMA OF THE EAR. 



This is an excessive growth of cartilage, found at the base of the 

 ear in the form of a hard, painless tumor, firmly attached to the mov- 

 able ear. The only recourse for its removal is the knife in the hands 

 of one acquainted with the anatomy of the part involved in the 

 operation. 



