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of the eye; — placing under the head of miscellaneous such 

 as do not appropriately fall under either of the foregoing" 

 diseases. 



DISEASES OF THE MOUTH. 



LAMPAS. 



This term is used to designate a fullness or swelling of the 

 bars or roof of the mouth, caused by the cutting of the teeth. 

 Larapas will be found in all colts, although in many the slight 

 inconvenience occasioned by it attracts little or no attention. 

 In others, however, the great tenderness of the parts affected 

 causes the animal to refuse his food, in consequence of which 

 he is by many compelled to submit to an operation equally 

 cruel and unnecessary — that is, no less than burning out the 

 bars of the mouth with a red-hot iron, thereby destroying the 

 functions of the part, and leaving the mouth sore for some 

 time afterward. This mode of treatment has been practised 

 for years, and is even at the present day almost the only one 

 in vogue, although it is of no practical benefit whatever, but, 

 on the contrary, is often very injurious. In the case of the 

 child similarly affected, the humane practitioner seldom does 

 more than to lance the gums. This, certainly, is a more 

 rational mode of operating, and the author's experience con- 

 vinces him that if the parts inflamed in the case of the horse 

 be simply lanced, the swelling will soon subside, and the horse 

 partake of his food as usual. A common pocket-knife will 

 answer the purpose quite well 3 and' after the lancing the 



