22 Veterinary Medichie. 



ointineiils and the local action (^f fungi and bacteria are factors in 

 different cases. 



Symptoms. With the ordinary symptoms of stomatitis, there 

 appear minute firm, whitish, circular elevations representing the 

 openings of the inflamed mucous or salivary follicles, having a 

 reddish areola, and grayish white vesicular centre. They may 

 amount to a line or more in diameter, and on bursting leave red 

 cores or ulcers. The whole mouth may be affected (jr the dis- 

 ease may be confined to the lips, gums or tongue. 



Treatment. Beside the general astringent washes, this af- 

 fection is greatly benefited by the local u.se of antiseptics, as sul- 

 phite or hyposulphite of soda, 2 drachms in a quart of water. 

 Borax, permanganate of potash, carbolic acid or other antiseptic 

 in suitable solution may be substituted. vSaline laxatives are 

 (jften useful to remove sources of irritation in stomach and intes- 

 tines, and iron salts (chloride or nitrate) in full and frequently 

 repeated do.ses may be given internally. Ulcers may be cauter- 

 ized and .soft food and pure water given from an elevated manger. 



ULCERATIVE STOMATITIS. GANGRENOUS 

 STOMATITIS. 



Causes : .specific disease poisons ; debility ; rachitis ; cancer ; chronic 

 suppuration ; irritation — mechanical, chemical, thermic, venomous, etc. 

 Symptoms : difficult, imperfect prehen.sion and mastication, salivation, 

 bleeding, swollen, pviffy epithelium, blisters, extending erosions, deep or 

 spreading. Duration. Treatment : correct constitutional fault, tonics, 

 soft, digestible food, antiseptics, mild caustics. 



This is characterized by the formation of necrotic spots and 

 ])atches of the buccal epithelium, with de.squamation, and the 

 formation of more or less rodent ulcers of the sub-epithelial 

 mucosa. Like other ulcerative processes it is usually due to mi- 

 crobic invasion, and in this way it ma}' supervene on other and 

 simpler forms of stomatitis. It also varies in its manifestations 

 and nature according to the genus of animal, and the specific 

 microbe present. 



