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CYCLOPEDIA OF LiV2 STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



What to do. — Wounds on the tongue heal readily. If the end is torn 

 half-way oif , or less, it will heal, but will not grow together, but may be 

 left, and no inconvenience will be felt ; but if it is more than half torn 

 off, it will be found advisable to cut it clear off. Dress wouads of the 

 tonijue with the followiuir lotion : 



No. 46. 



1 Oi^nce borax, 

 1 Ounce honey, 

 1 Pint water, 

 Mix. 



Dry the sore with a sponge, and rub on the lotion three times a day. 

 Sometimes it is necessary to amputate the tongue, on account of 

 wounds and accidents. It is quite feasible, but requires the skill of a 

 qualified veterinary surgeon. 



III. Sore Mouth. 

 Causes. — The mouth is often made sore by the bit, by caustic sub- 

 stances in the food and medicine, by too hot mashes, etc. The bit often 

 excoriates the angles of the mouth, 

 and, if allowed to continue doing 

 harm, the mouth soon becomes cal- 

 oused, and loses all sensibility. 

 Sometimes the bit injures the lower 

 jaw bone so as to kill a portion of it, 

 when it will become a foreign sub- 

 stance and slough out, leaving a very 

 sore mouth. 



This is most often seen in violent 

 pullers and when the curb bit is used. The oval portion of a curb bit 

 often presses upon the roof of the moutli and does a great amount of 

 injury. 



How to know it. — When an;y 

 portion of the mouth is swollen 

 and sore, examine it carefully 

 and locate the cause if possible. 

 When the bones or roof of the 

 mouth are injured, there will be 

 great soreness and some swelling. 

 What to do. — Remove the 

 cause, that is, leave the bit out of 

 the mouth for several days. If 

 the angles of the mouth are raw, apply recipe No. 32 three times a day. 

 If the bones are injured and exposed apply No. 39 three times a day; 



SORE MOUTH. 



With the angles excoria- 

 ted by the bit. 



SORE MOUTH. 



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cheeks swollen, cal" 

 loused and insen- 

 sitive. 



INJURY BY THE BIT. 



A mouth with the bone bad- 

 ly injured by the bit, the 

 left side being much swol- 

 len around the tusk. 



MISUSE OF CURB. 



The roof of the mouth 

 injured by the curved 

 part of the curb bit. 



