CHAP. II.] TUMOUR ON THE JOINTS. 313 



duous and early application of the lotion; not so 

 easily, however, in case of "fistula in the withers," 

 which lies deeper and is more obstinate. Least of 

 all will confirmed poll- evil give way before the 

 strongest repellents ; or, if the resolution be appa- 

 rently effected, the least external injury, or none 

 whatever, will subsequently reproduce the disorder 

 ^ith more than its original virulence. Perhaps, in 

 no part of the farrier's art has he the opportunity 

 of evincing his judgment more, than in choosing 

 the precise period when he will quit all attempts at 

 suppressing the abscess or tumour, and set about 

 bringing it forward to suppuration and radical cure ; 

 when he will also quit the low regimen which was 

 proper in the first attempt, and adopt a more ge- 

 nerous diet, that is better adapted to the painful 

 discharge his patient will now be compelled to 

 undergo, either by dint of medicinal applications or 

 the knife. 



Tumours in the more fleshy parts of the body, or 

 under the belly, are far less dangerous or trouble- 

 some situations than on the parts just named ; they 

 also prove to be symptomatic of the actual evil 

 state of the blood, of which they then form the 

 crisis or point of cure, and therefore the repression 

 of such (as recommended in other cases) should not 

 be attempted ; neither should the animal system be 

 lowered, but the contrary. On the other hand, if 

 the tumour appears near a joint, or just above it, as 

 the hock, so as to impede its action, in which case 

 it would soon assume an ulcerous appearance, by 



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