510 DISEASES OF THE UDDER AND TEATS IN COWS. 
March, 1845. I was called in to see a two-year-old heifer, 
belonging to Mr. Tomlinson, of the Chinnell. She was about 
a month off calving. At the very end of two of the teats 
there was a substance like a smooth wart hanging from them, 
and one was half an inch long, the other not so long. They 
were closely adherent, and closed up the orifices of the teats. 
As they did not look like the common wart, I plucked them 
away. When away, I found they left a concavity at the end 
of each teat, and the orifice of each teat was perfectly exposed, 
and the ends and whole of the teats were soft and natural. 
The substances removed were similar in appearance to 
masses of gum arabic, and were formed of concentric layers 
on each other. 
I am inclined to think that they were formed from a 
secretion on the inside or orifice of the teats, and as it oozed 
out, became a hardened mass. Ordered the teats to be 
occasionally well soaked in warm water to supple the parts, 
and to remove any fresh deposit. 
Case 7. — Tumour within the end of a Cow’s Teat . — 20th 
March 1845. — Saw an aged cow of Mr. Groom’s, surgeon, 
of this town, that when she was milked, the milk fled out of 
one of the teats in every direction, and it could scarcely be 
caught in the pail. 
On examining it I found there was a small tumour, the 
size of a pea, within the teat at the very lower end. The 
milk was forced out with difficulty, and the person was almost 
half an hour in milking her. I am informed the cause was 
that she met with an injury to the lower end of the teat, 
which was cut off, and left this tumour. The teat certainly 
has the appearance as if it had been cut off, as it is flat at 
the end. On putting a silver tube up it the milk flowed 
freely. To be left alone, and get the milk out as well as they 
can. 
Case 8. — Fistulous Opening in a Cow's Teat from an Injury . — 
8th April, 1846. Saw this day a cow belonging to Mr. 
Furber of the Warren House. He had bought her of Mr. 
Ray of Prees, and whilst in Mr. Ray’s possession, she met 
with an injury to the hindermost teat on the right side, 
which left an opening in it the size of the natural one. It is 
situate about a quarter of an inch from the other, and there 
are evident marks of the teat having been torn or cut, as it 
is cicatrized over, leaving this small opening through which 
the milk is constantly dribbling . This quarter is less than the 
■other, in consequence of running the milk out. 
Treatment. — Touched the orifice with Argent. Nit., and 
left a tube to be introduced into the natural opening. 
