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and detached from the remainder of the skin, it should be torn off, 

 or cut out; if this be not done, it will act as a foreign hodj and 

 keep the wound open. Wlien a small piece of skin becomes isolated, 

 it is apt to lose its vitality ; probably on account of its having 

 been deprived of blood supply from the surrounding skin, as seen 

 wlien cross lines are deeply burned into the skin during the 

 operation of firing, so as to form diamond-shaped marks. 



2. An inflamed condition of the bursa which lies on the summits 

 of the bones forming the top of the withers (ii. 330). 



3. A serous cyst which ma}' occur on one or both sides of the 

 withers (p. 335). 



i. Fibrous tumours, which usually form on the withers or over 



P'ig. 42. — Smoothing out wrinkles under the girths. 



the backbone, just behind the cantle of the saddle. These tumours 

 sliould be carefully dissected out with the knife, and tlie resulting 

 wound treated antiseptically (p. 67 et seq.). 



0. Cuts or chaps without sufficient bruising to cause an abscess. 

 Apply tannoform, iodoform, Friar's balsam, or alum and water, to 

 them a couple of times a day. 



Whenever a scab becomes bruised or hurt, it should be bathed 

 witli warm water or poulticed, so that it can be easily removed, 

 after which any new matter that may form, will have free vent. 

 The wound should then be treated with an antiseptic (p. G7). 



6. " Heat-spots " from irritation caused by contact with the 



