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if the flesh is not broken it would be advisable to scarify it to allow it to 

 break through the tough skin more easily, and 

 examine it carefully each day to see when the 

 dead piece of bone is loose, and remove it. 

 Then dress the wound with the same lotion, (No 

 39) till the bone is covered by healthy granula- 

 tions, then dress it Avith No. 46. Do not use the 

 bit in such a mouth under two months at 

 least. 



When the mouth is scalded by giving strong 

 medicine, pure, instead of diluting it as directed 

 on the label, the whole inside of the mouth will be found co be swollen, 

 red, and if very bad, will skin in spots. Swab it out with recipe No. 4«! 

 three times a day. 



rv. Lampas. 



This is an imaginary disease. It is supposed by most people that when 

 a horse does not eat he must have the lampas, and they proceed U 



SCALDED MOUTH. 



From giving strong caustic 

 medicine pure. 



BURNING I- OK LAMPAS. 



LAMPAS IRON. 



The old time instrument 

 of torture. 



burn out one or two of tlu; bars in the roof of the mouth which are i)laced 

 there by nature to prevent the food dribbling from the mouth, which it 

 would do were it not for these bars in the roof of the mouth. They 

 all point or turn backwards towards the throat, and have a tendency to 

 v,'ork the food back. It is the same in the human mouth. 



Sometimes the one or two bars nearest the incisors become inflamed, 

 especially M'itli colts when teething. 



What to do. — If the bars are red instead of a bright flesh color, and 

 extend below the teeth, take a penknife and scarify them gently ; this 

 will be sufficient. Never countenance the burning nor any other barbar- 

 ous practice. 



V. Pharyngitis. 



That portion of the aesophagas or gullet that lies in the throat, above 

 the larynx is called the pharynx. Inflammation of it is pharyngitis. 



