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of the wrist the substance is divided. The operation 

 thus performed is much quicker, less painful, and more 

 safe than it can possibly be rendered if the tumor be 

 punctured and slit up with repeated thrusts of an ordi- 

 nary lancet. I have frequently opened these sacs with- 

 out the animal uttering even a moan, and mercy is 

 wisdom where surgery is employed. Dogs will not bear 

 torture, and soon become blindly infuriated if subjected 

 to pain. The animal is naturally so sensitive and excit- 

 able that the brutality or suffering a horse can sustain, 

 these animals would perish under. He, therefore, who 

 undertakes to treat the diseases of the canine race, if 

 the amiable qualities of the brute or liis own feelings 

 have no influence, will in the success of his practice dis- 

 cover ample reason for the exercise of a little humanity. 



After the sac is opened a portion of lint should be 

 used, to render the part perfectly dry, which may then 

 be lightly pencilled over with lunar caustic, or moisten- 

 ed with some caustic solution. Fomentations of warm 

 water to keep the wound free from dirt, and with no 

 other object, are all that subsequently will be required. 



Tumors of a solid nature also form about the anus, 

 and are likewise consequent upon neglected piles. 

 These generally appear at the root of the tail supe- 

 rior to the opening. They feel hard ; are glistening ; 

 not very tender ; but highly vascular, and in some 

 cases pulsate strongly. The dog is generally loaded 

 with fat, perhaps slightly mangy ; nearly always old, 

 gross and weak. The quantity of blood that at van- 



