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ous intervals is lost from this tumor, which at length 

 ulcerates and bleeds at the slightest touch, or without 

 any apparent cause, is often very great ; but it does 

 not, save in the very latest stage, induce obvious ema- 

 ciation. The health is not good, of course, but to the 

 casual observer the disease does not appear to affect 

 the system. The spirits under excitement are, to all 

 appearances, undiminished, and the appetite is in these 

 cases ravenous. If, however, the dog had to do work, 

 the truth would be soon discovered. After a short 

 space the strength would fail, and no correction could 

 keep the poor animal to its duty. 



The treatment must commence with constitutional re- 

 medies, if the state of the part permits of the requisite 

 delay. The digestion should be amended, and the piles, 

 which are certain to he present, attended to. After a 

 fortnight, more or less, has been devoted to such mea- 

 sures, a strong ligature should be tied as tight up as 

 possible around the base of the growth, and a fresh 

 one should be applied every second day. There must 

 be no forbearance in the application of the ligature, but 

 the degree of tension must be regulated only by the 

 strength of the operator. This is far more severe than 

 the removal would be if the knife were employed, but 

 I have not seen a case which I dared venture to excise. 

 I do not like the ligature ; it is long and torturing in its 

 action ; but here there will be no chance, for the ves- 

 sels are too numerous and large to admit of the speedier 

 process being resorted to. Where it is possible, it is 



