ON WARTS, 58? 
upon the veterinarian as the inseparable companion of the 
farmer, in the grand matter of the preservation of the health of 
his live stock; and the contract system must ultimately, I think, 
lead to his being paid rather according to the health, than ac- 
cording to the disease, of the animals placed under his care.” 
It is to the scientific investigator, not to the cowleech or the 
farrier, that the agriculturist must look for the attainment of so 
grand an object. We trust the prediction of Professor Spooner 
will, ere long, be fulfilled. 
Up to the present we have dealt with generalities, which, 
though useful, are not sufficient. If they are not easily opposed, 
they may be to some not convincing; our subject requires us to 
enter into details — to expose, by reference to constantly re- 
curring instances, the mal-practices of those who, professing to 
alleviate animal suffering, do frequently but contribute to its 
increase. 
Cirencester and Swindon Express , Sept. 1851. 
ON WARTS 
WARTS, or as they are commonly called Angleberries, are 
excrescences often found on the skin in horses and cattle. They 
sometimes attain an enormous size : we have seen them sus- 
pended from the lower surface of the belly so as to cover it 
almost completely, and weighing when removed many pounds. 
Occasionally they occupy very inconvenient situations, being 
found on the lips, eyelids, teats, and organs of generation. 
Warts are of two kinds ; one of these makes its appearance 
upon, and consists in part of an increased development of, the 
outer scurf or scarf-skin; the other kind is contained under, and 
while it elevates, does not grow from, the scarf-skin. As it 
frequently becomes desirable to remove these growths, and to 
counteract that condition of skin on which their reproduction 
depends, we shall briefly describe them. The most common 
kind of wart and that called the true angleberry, is the first of 
the two to which we have alluded. It has always a hard, horny 
sort of investment externally : this is formed of scales of scarf- 
skin matted together in great quantities, and prolonged from the 
true skin, to which they are attached. As this outer covering 
increases in growth, it dries and splits up into shreds or fibres, 
which generally become more or less pointed at their free ends. 
Many of these shreds may grow from one common stock or 
pedicle, called the u neck .” In other cases there is no well-de- 
fined neck, and a large surface will be covered with a coarse, 
