SECTION VII. 



DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



'tixvAS — Spontaneous Salivation — Bots — Inflammation of Stomach — Ru^ 

 TTRE OF Stomach — Gorged, op over-distended Stomach — Meteorizatioi 

 — Flatulent Colic — Spasmodic Colic — Inflammation of the Peritonum — 

 Ascites— Inflammation of the Intestines — Strangulation of Intestines — 

 Wounds penetrating the Abdominal Cavity — Splenic Apoplext— Fdho- 

 iiONAL Disease of the Liver — P^vcreas; its Function — Pabasites wbicb 

 affect the Intestines. 



Lampas. 



LA^IPAS is the name given to a slight tumefaction of the soft 

 palate of the horse's mouth. It usually occurs during th« 

 period of dentition, at which time the mouth is hot and tender 

 At the time when the tushes are about making their appearance, 

 the membrane over the crown of the tooth becomes tense, so as 

 to cause the root of the tooth to press on the tental nerve. This 

 causes much pain. In such cases we make a slight incision over 

 the regiijn of the tooth, which immediately relieves the animal. 

 But most men overlook this difficulty, and, because the palate hap- 

 pens to l)e tumified, it is at once attacked with the barbarous firing- 

 iron. Tills treatment was condemned by Percivall, who, in 

 writing of it, says: 



" Are lampas diseiise? The complaints, frequent and grievous, 

 which are daily reaching our ears, are enough to persuade us that 

 they are disease. ICvery groom that has an unthriving horse, or 

 one that dites not feed, is sure to search for lamjias ; aiul^ shftuld 

 he find any, the cause of loss of aj)petite, etc., 's detected, and the 

 remedy obvious — Ini/nimg them end. Alany a j»o«»r wiglii of a 

 horse, even when suiferiug from a constitutional ili.seas«', lias been 

 ?ui»jeeted to thifj torturing o|>eration, with a view of demonstrating 

 the sagacity of the gr«Him, :tijd thereby ha.- not a«lde'l *o his otbei 



