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tice cruelty on animals. It is a fact that some men are often ap> 

 parently compelled to perform unnecessary operations even when 

 the inward monitor admonishes them that they are about to out- 

 rage the feelings of a poor dumb brute. Yet, for the honor of oui 

 profession, let it be recorded that there are but few, if any, of our 

 educated surgeons that can be induced to perpetrate this outrage. 

 If medical men will only take the pains to explain this matter, and 

 prove to the people that the enormity here complained of is both 

 absurd and barbarous, then the evil will soon cease ; but 6o long 

 as horse-owners believe lampas to be a disease, and men can be 

 found ready to "burn them out," just so long will the evil exist. 

 The more intelligent portion of husbandmen are now beginning to 

 lend their influence to the work of rebuking ignorance, and of re- 

 forming the barbarous customs of bygone days, and, erelong, it will 

 be a difficult job to convince them that their horses have lampas, 

 and that the firing-iron is the remedy indicated. Surely, if the 

 distinguished Percivall calls lampas a " supposed malady," and 

 sets his face against the means used for its removal, the wise men 

 of the fleam should indorse his sentiments. 



Treatment. — Should the colt's mouth, while teething, be hot and 

 tender, it should be sponged often with a portion of equal parts of 

 vinegar and water ; and should any of the teeth appear imprisoned 

 by the membrane of the mouth, a slight incision over the point of 

 the tooth will give immediate relief. 



Spontaneous Salivation — " Slavertng." 



Persons who own and handle horses must have noticed, occa- 

 sionally, a foaming at the mouth, and sometimes a constant and 

 profuse discharge of saliva. This, when occurring without any 

 assignable 3ause, is termed spontaneous salivation. The disease h 

 usually occasioned by some irritation in the immediate vicinity of 

 the salivary glands, or from perverted function in the glands 

 themselves. The preparations of antimony and calomel, when 

 given to horses for any great length of time, in the form of con- 

 dition powders, are very apt to produce salivation. Musty clover, 

 and hay that is intermixed with lobelia, will also produce it; so, 

 also, will sharp, projecting teeth ; and diseased teeth have the same 

 effect. In such cases, the cause being discovered, the removal of 

 the same is the first step toward the cure. Then drench 'he qui- 

 mal, twice daily, with the following;: 



