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THE HORSE. 



plentiful stream of blood will be obtained, which will usually stop of itself 

 w.iea two or three quarts of blood have been obtained. The artery being 

 cut across will shrink, and soon cease to bleed, and the application of a 

 sponge filled with cold water will generally stop the bleeding of the vein. 

 No injury will result from the division of the nerve, for it is a mere nerve 

 of feeling, distributed over those parts. 



CUT OF THE PALATE. 



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a The palate divided into ridges or bars. 



b A strip dissected up to show the vessels and 

 nerve beneath. 



c The palatine artery. 



d The palatine vein. 



e The palatine nerve between the artery and 

 the vein. 



f The cheek divided, showing the direction 

 of the muscular fibres. 



g The grinders. 



h The nippers. 



i The tushes. 



Should the cut be made a little too much on one side and about the mid- 

 dle of the second incisor tooth, the artery may be wounded longitudinally, 

 but not divided, and there may be very great difficulty in stopping the blood. 

 We recollect a horse which almost bled to death from the artery being thus 

 wounded. If, however, a large and firm pledget of lint or tow be rolled 

 round a piece of twine, and that tied firmly round the front teeth, the press- 

 ure on the part will effect the desired purpose ; or should this in a very few 

 cases fail, a gag may be easily contrived to press upon the pledget, and the 

 bleeding will immediately cease. 



We are speaking of this as a make-shift sort of bleeding when the horse 

 is on a journey ; but we should decidedly object to the cutting of the bars 

 as the usual mode of taking blood. The blood cannot be measured ; the 

 degree of inflammation cannot be ascertained by the manner in which it 

 coagulates, and there may be difficulty to the operator, and annoyance and 

 pain to the horse in stopping the bleeding. 



LAMPAS. 



Some of the lower bars occasionally swell, and rise to a level with, and 

 even beyond the edge of the teeth, and they are very sore, and the horse 

 feeds badly on account of the pain he suffers from the pressure of the food 

 on the bars. This is called the Lampas ; and it may arise from inflamma- 

 tion of the gums, propagated to the bars, when the horse is shedding his 

 teeth ; and young horses are more subject to it than others;) or from some 

 slight febrile tendency in the constitution generally, as when a young horse 

 has lately been taken up from grass, and has been over-fed, or not suffi- 

 ciently exercised. 



in the majority of cases the swelling wih soon subside without medical 



