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to be administered in a single dose, and repeated 

 daily for a week or fortnight unless the bowels become 

 costive. 



POLYPUS. 



This is the name given to a pedunculated tumour 

 which grows from the mucous membrane which lines 

 the nostrils, and although not painful, is attended 

 with disagreeable consequences by obstructing the 

 breathing, and often proves very annoying to the 

 animal. We need not treat more of its cure or other- 

 wise, as it can only be removed by an operation, which 

 requires the aid of a skilful veterinary surgeon. 



LAMPAS. 



SYMPTOMS. This is the name given by farriers to 

 a condition in which the bars on the upper palate 

 are found red and swollen, and on a line with the 

 cutting edges of the incision teeth. It is a condition 

 more or less seen in all horses when growing their 

 teeth. 



REMEDIES. In most instances the congestion and 

 swelling will subside without medical aid. Slight 

 purgatives and some mashes will facilitate its removal. 

 The animal may also be relieved by a few slight cuts 

 across the bars. This may be done with a penknife 

 or lancet, only the operator must keep clear of the 

 palatine artery ; the situation of which will be obvious 

 by a reference to Plate in., fig. 2, e, e. It is a 

 common practice with farriers to burn the bars with 

 a red-hot iron, a mode of treatment which cannot 

 be too much deprecated. 



STRANGLES. 



SYMPTOMS. This is a disease incidental to young 

 horses, and few colts escape it. Occasionally it 



