S08 LAMPAS. 



CHAP. XLIV. 



LAMPAS. 



The lampas is an excrescence on the first bar 

 in the roof of the horse's mouth. The cure is 

 generally performed by burning it out with a hot 

 iron ; but it requires care, and a man of judgment, 

 to perform operations of this kind. Farriers, in 

 general, are too apt to take out more than is 

 necessary ; care, however, must be taken not to 

 burn out more than the first bar in the roof of his 

 mouth, and not too deep. Afterwards rub his 

 mouth, or the part seared, with common salt. It 

 would be much better for the animal to omit 

 burning them out, and to wash his mouth once or 

 twice a day with the following mixture. 



(RECIPE, No. 156.) 



Take — Nitre, half an ounce; 



Burnt alum, and bole armenic, in powder, of 



each one ounce ; 

 Honey, two ounces : 

 Put them in a pitcher, and then pour a pint of 



boiling vinegar upon them : when cold, put 



them in a bottle for use. 



