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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
hair is-easily plucked out, will at once determine if this is 
the cause of itching; and it is always attended with a 
peculiar scurfiness of the skin, very different from that 
redness which is caused by an injury to the skin. But 
whenever there is any uncertainty respecting the complaint, 
the safest thing is to guard against its occurrence by taking 
a little blood, giving a purgative, and an alterative or 
two. It is quite possible for inflammation of the skin to 
merge into mange, unless guarded against. 
WARTS. 
These are excrescent tumours of various sizes which 
spring from the cuticle, and afterwards are based in the 
true skin. They infect various parts of the body, and 
sometimes are found in the prepuce and eyelids, or inside of 
the ears. These can only be removed by an operation, and 
that safely and effectually done by a practical veterinary 
surgeon. If the roots be very small, which is sometimes 
the case, they may be cut out close to the skin by a pair of 
small sharp-pointed scissors, and the part afterwards touched 
with caustic. If the stem of the wart be thick, it will not 
be prudent to cut it off, but a thread of fine waxed silk 
may be tied round it, and tightened every day until it 
drops off. Sometimes warts are in considerable clusters. 
When this is the case, it will be necessary to cut them oft' 
close to the skin, and afterwards sear the place with a red- 
hot iron, which will prevent them from growing again. If 
the horse is of a spirited nature, it will be necessary to cast 
him, to prevent kicking during the operation. 
