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six days, without any medicine. Another case was treated in 

 the same manner, which ended in abscess under the jaw, and the 

 subject quickly recovered. 



At times, inflammatory action runs high, when it will be 

 necessary to give a dose of glauber salts; dose, ten ounces. 



WOUNDS OF THE TONGUE. 



It is very fortunate for horses that wounds occurring in this 

 useful appendage to the mouth generally heal very rapidly : all 

 that is necessary is, to let the animal rest, keep him on a sloppy 

 diet, and apply tincture of arnica to the parts. 



LAMP AS. 



So long as horse owners believe " lampas " to be a disease, 

 and men can be found to "burn it out," as it is sometimes termed, 

 just so long will the error exist, and the barbarism continue. 



Lampas is a term used to signify a state of tumefaction exist- 

 ing in the palate, about that part known as the bars, situated in 

 the vicinity of the upper nippers. The tumefaction arises, — 



1. From local emjrfiysema, — windy swelling, — rendering the 

 palate elastic and augmented. 



2. From induration, — abnormal increase in the consistence 

 of the palate, — owing to an accumulation of dense particles of 

 blood, which resist a free circulation of that fluid through the 

 parts. 



3. From congestion, either passive or active. 



In passive congestion, there is an excess of blood, in conse- 

 quence either of weakness in the propelling force, or of an obsta- 

 cle to the exit of blood from the congested membrane : this state 

 gives rise to swelling of the veins in horses' legs also. Active 

 congestion is a determination of blood to the part, in conse- 

 quence of local irritation, teething, &c. In aged horses we fre- 

 quently find the bars of the palate in a state of hypertrophy; but 

 as this is only an exaggeration of a natural state, we take no notice 

 of it; in fact, arising from whatever cause it may, (except teeth- 

 ing,) lampas does not cause the animal any inconvenience. 



