feed or cut grass. A few doses of sulphite of soda, half an oune« 

 to a dose, given for a few evenings, will be all that is wanted. (See 

 Lampas.) 



The mouth is a favorite and convenient place for horsemen to 

 try the keenness of their pocket knives, when the least pretext is 

 offered. 



The palatine artery is sometimes cut lengthwise ; and when that 

 is the case, the bleeding thus unnecessarily induced, will not stop 

 when it is wanted. Many plans and contrivances are recom- 

 mended, by individuals, to stop such bleeding ; but none are equal 

 to a piece of iron or kitchen poker immersed, for a few minutes, 

 in hot water, and applied to the wound for a moment, which will 

 at once stop further loss of blood. 



(5.) Parrot Mouth. — A malformation consisting in the upper 

 front teeth, projecting over the lower ones. Young horses are 

 little inconvenienced by it, but not so with old ones, when the 

 teeth are long ; for then the lower teeth wound the soft palate of 

 the upper jaw, especially when the horse is eating. Keep the 

 teeth short by the use of the file. 



Mucous Membrane. — A thin lining of all the air passages; 

 so-called, because the surface is kept moist, with a slimy matter, 

 as referred to in the succeeding article. When this mucus is 

 altered in quantity and quality, and when mucus-pus is poured 

 out, disease is present This is seen in cases of cold, bronchitis, 

 and inflammation of the eyes (which see). 



Mucus. — A thick, viscid substance, thrown out from the mucous 

 membrane, throughout the body. 



Myalgia. — A term given to inflammation of a set of muscles, 

 and is applied, by some, to wasting of the muscles, as is sometimes 

 seen in sweenie. 



Narcotics. — Medicines which act upon the nervous system, 

 diminishing its power and sensibility, and so relieving inflamma- 

 tion, irritation, and pain. A medicine capable of doing this, also 

 contains the properties of an anodyne, a sedative, soporific, car- 

 minative, and nauseant. 



There are but few medicines possessing this power over the 

 horse, and these are, aconite, prussic acid, veratrum, and, perhaps, 

 lobelia. In my practice, nothing answers the purpose so well as 



