THE 
VOL. XXVII, 
No. 313. 
JANUARY, 1854. 
Third Series, 
No. 73. 
DANGER, FROM LOSS OF BLOOD, IN REMOVING 
WARTS FROM CATTLE. 
Cases by W. A. Cartwright, M.R.C.V.S., 
Whitchurch, Salop. 
On the 1st of June, 1846, I removed several warts from 
the linea alba of a year-old heifer, belonging to Samuel 
Worthington, Esq., of this town. I cast her, and cut them 
off with the knife, and did not apply anything to the wounds, 
as they did not bleed an ounce. I could see one or two 
large blood-vessels on the surface of the wounds. We loosed 
her from the hobbles, and then tied her up, and the wounds 
soon left off bleeding. Gave her an aperient, and left her for 
the night. 
The next morning she was found down, and could scarcely 
get up from loss of blood, which continued to issue through 
a large band that was passed round her. I was immediately 
sent for ; but was gone to Liverpool. They, in consequence, 
applied to a druggist, who sent some alum water, which 
stopped the blood. In a day or two I saw her; but as a 
scab was then forming on the wounds, I did not meddle with 
it ; soon afterwards the parts were cicatrized. 
Observations. — There is no doubt but that, after she 
was left, she commenced licking the wounds, and so brought 
on the secondary haemorrhage. The person who looked after 
her believes that, had not something been done at the time, 
she w r ould have bled to death. From this and other cases 
that I have seen, I think it absolutely necessary that we 
should guard against the animals licking themselves, and 
perhaps it would be quite as well to apply the cautery to the 
parts after removing the warts, or subsequently. 
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