252 THE STOCK owxer's abviser. 



THEUSH. 



A crop of small vesicles, or even pustules, occasionally appears 

 ill the mouth, particularly during the process of dentition. In 

 cattle, sheep and pigs thrush is common. The animal takes food 

 with great difficulty. 



Tkeatmext. — Removal of the cause, and use alum as a wash. 

 Chlorate of potash is good. Carbolic acid, one part of acid to 

 forty of water may be tried. If ulcers form they are to be 

 touched with the nitrate of silver. 



LAMPAS. 



Lampas consists of a congested state of the gums behind the 

 bars. This is often seen between the age of three and five; sel- 

 dom in old horses except from some internal ailment. We are 

 frequently called upon to burn, or otherwise remove the trouble 

 in old horses, whose gums are perfectly normal. All manner of 

 persuasion sometimes fails to convince some men that the gums 

 need no lancing, -and if we decline some barbarous fellow, who 

 has no feeling for poor animals, is ready for the task. It is sel- 

 dom that colts, during the process of teething, need their gums 

 lanced. Many a poor animal has suffered the barbarous method 

 of burning the gums when they were normal. In a few cases 

 where it becomes necessary to operate, the gums should be lanced 

 with an ordinary lance, or a knife. The incisions should be very 

 light, and anterior to the third bar. After scarifying, a solution 

 of alum in the proportion of alum, two drachms; water, one pint, 

 to be applied as frequently as desired. Feed on soft food for a 

 few days. The barbarous method of burning the gums cannot 

 be too greatly condemned. 



WOUND OF THE PALATINE ARTERY. 



The most common cause of wound of this artery is the jack- 

 knife in the hands of men who are ignorant of the parts, and who 

 practice bleeding in the mouth for every ill to which horse-flesh 



