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extended to the muscle below the shoulder-blade, in many 
instances the matter will work its way to the elbow, and 
sometimes to the bones of the withers, and render them 
carious. 
In severe cases the following hot stimulant must be 
poured into the fistulous ulcers 
:— 
Resin . 
f ounce, 
Tar 
1 ounce, 
Mutton-suet . 
1 ounce, 
Bees’-wax 
ounce ; 
this to be melted slowlv over 
* 
a fire, and when completely 
dissolved the following must be added to it :— 
Spirit of turpentine 
. 1 ounce. 
Verdigris 
. 3 drachms. 
After the above the treatment will have to be the same as 
recommended in the poll-evil. 
WARBLES, SADDLE-GALLS, &c. 
Causes. —When saddles do not fit, various tumours are 
produced on the back of horses. The name “ warbles ” is 
applied to small tumours produced by pressure, which 
sometimes do not ulcerate, but are nevertheless troublesome 
and painful to the animal. When they ulcerate they are 
termed sitfasts, from a small piece of callous skin in their 
centre, which adheres so firmly as to require great force to 
remove it, and frequently cannot be extracted without being 
cut out. 
Remedies. —The first thing that must naturally occur to 
the mind of a humane man, is to have the stuffing of the 
saddle altered so as to make it fit, and thereby prevent undue 
pressure on any particular spot, and the animal should be 
allowed sufficient rest to permit the tumours to be taken 
