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WARTS IN OXEN. 



These modes of treatment, however, are impracticable in dealing 

 with large multiple lesions, nor does the elastic ligatm-e give much 

 better results. 



Total removal with the scissors or bistoury, or simply tearing out 

 by hand, is preferable to any other course. Troublesome bleeding 

 may follow, but is rarely of great importance. It usually stops in 

 a few minutes, even where small arteries of the size of several milli- 

 metres in diameter have been divided. As a measure of precaution, 

 however, the little wounds may be touched with the red-hot blade of 

 the thermo-cauterj'. 



The vcrascur is rarely required. The smaller warts are generally 

 sessile, and can be removed with a bistoury or a sharp curette. The 



Fig. 267. 



removal of those about the udder requires considerable precaution to 

 avoid injuring the teats. 



All the growths are usually removed at one operation ; Moussu 

 has thus taken away 30 lbs. weight without the slightest ill-effect. 

 After the wounds have been washed with an antiseptic, the raw sur- 

 faces are powdered with a mixture of equal parts of boric acid, tannin, 

 and calcined alum ; cicatrisation occurs in a few days. 



URTICARIA IN THE PIG. 



This disease usually attacks pigs during the spring or summer, 

 producing characteristic cutaneous lesions, which, however, are of a 



