becomes covered with sores, saliva hangs about the lips, and the breath 

 becomes offensive. Where the disease invades the throat there is difficulty 

 in swallowing. Disordered digestion is shown by looseness of the bowels 

 or diarrhoea, and straining may be present, when the dung is sour and 

 foul smelling. Very young foals when observed to let go the teat without 

 obtaining satisfaction, or when presenting a tucked-up appearance, should 

 be examined as to their mouth. The reader familiar with sucking colts 

 is of course aware that in health they make very frequent visits to the 

 maternal bottle, taking short intervals of rest, varied with gallops, and 

 returning for more nourishment in a few minutes; but a colt with a sore 

 mouth will probably drop his ears and shake his head while trying again 

 and again to lay hold of the teat. 



Treatment. — In dealing with this disease it is important to remember 

 that any unwholesome condition of the milk of the clam will not only 

 predispose to it, but likewise tend to aggravate it when once it has become 

 established. Attention, therefore, should be directed to the health of the 

 mare, and care' be taken that the food and water she receives is not only 

 of good quality but suited to her condition as a matron. Should she 

 be at all out of health a little laxative or alterative medicine should be 

 prescribed at once and the diet carefully selected and administered. If the 

 dam is being worked it would be desirable to discontinue her services and 

 restrict her movements to gentle exercise. In addition her teats and 

 udder should be sponged with a five per cent solution of carbolic acid 

 morning and evening. 



With regard to the foal, a small dose of castor-oil at the outset of the 

 disease, in a little warm milk, will be found of considerable advantage 

 in cleansing the stomach and bowels from the offensive and irritating 

 matters they contain, and aid at the same time in subduing the existing 

 inflammation of the mouth. This may be followed by 10- to 30-grain 

 doses of bicarbonate of potash, morning and evening, in a little of the 

 mare's milk. 



Although in slight cases the disorder in the mouth may pass off without 

 interference on the part of the attendant, its duration will lie shortened 

 and the creature's comfort considerably enhanced by the judicious use 

 of simple remedies — as sponging out the mouth with weak vinegar and 

 water, or a solution of alum, or the application of borax and honey, or 

 a mixture of glycerine and tannic acid, to the affected parts. Should the 

 disease of the mouth be severe, and continue to divert the foal from the 

 teat, debility and exhaustion must be guarded against by drenching the 

 little patient with milk from the mare, or it may be encouraged to take 

 small quantities from time to time off the palm of the hand. We have 



