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CHAPTER VII. 
DISEASES AND ACCIDENTS REQUIRING SURGICAL AID. 
Tumours—Cancer—Encysted Tumours—Abscesses—Unnatural Parturition — 
Accidents and Operations. 
TUMOURS. 
BRONCHOCELE, or Goitre, is very common among house-pets, show- 
ing itself in a large and rather soft swelling in the front of the 
throat. It is not attended with danger; and even in extreme cases, 
when it affects the breathing so as to cause it to be short and even 
attended with noise, it very rarely goes on to produce suffocation. 
It is called, scientifically, an hypertrophy of the thyroid body, being 
an excessive and unnatural growth of the part, and not a new or 
diseased production. The treatment consists in rubbing in iodine 
outwardly ; and, if this fails, giving it internally also. The in- 
ternal remedy may be according to the formula (3); but if the 
expense is objected to, the sarsaparilla may be omitted. The 
ointment is as follows: 
Todide of potassium, 1 drachin. 
Lard, 1 ounce. 
Mix, and rub in the size of a filbert night and morning. °° 
Or, 
Paint over the surface some tincture of iodine twice a week. . 
CANCER. 
Cancer is a malignant disease ; that is, it is incapable of a cure by 
the natural powers, and must be eradicated either by the knife or 
by caustic. It is, however, very doubtful whether by their means 
the disease is checked for any length of time, generally returning 
afterwards in the course of a few months. The disease may be 
