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partly out of the mouth, as if paralyzed. Saliva flowed freely, and 

 there was frothing round the lips, presenting in fact all the symptoms 

 of something sticking amongst the teeth, or in the tongue, or an attack 

 of actinomycosis ; but examination showed that neither was the case. 

 At times she fed, but swallowed with great difficulty; never chewing the 

 cud, and occasionally vomiting the food. I ordered herto be slaughtered, 

 when a large darning-needle was found sticking in the passage between 

 the second and third stomachs. Yet, the animal neither swelled, nor 

 had any cough. 



237. Stomatitis Pustulosa. — Young calves, five or six weeks after 

 birth, also sheep and lambs, occasionally suffer from small enlarge- 

 ments, resembling carbuncles, which form on the tongue and on the 

 inside of the cheeks, terminating in ulcers, with thick granular matter 

 at the bottom of them. Occasionally the outside of the cheeks are 

 enlarged, when a quantity of frothy saliva flows from the lips, and the 

 little animal does badly. These enlargements are thought by many 

 to be due to drinking hot milk. On looking into the mouth, ulcers will 

 be seen on the mside of the cheeks, corresponding with the enlarge- 

 ments on the outside. Treatment : When the thick granular matter 

 is seen, it should be scooped out, and the wounds dressed with tincture 

 of iron and water, or boracic acid lotion, while 30 grains of chlorate 

 of potash may be given, with advantage in the milk, night and morning; 

 or table-spoonful doses of Parishes' food, which is recommended to be 

 given once a day, with two table-spoonfuls of cod-liver oil. The external 

 application of iodine ointment {see Appendix) to the enlargements, 

 generally has good effect. 



238. Aptha or Thrush. — Young calves and lambs are also subject 

 to this complaint. On examining the mouth, sometimes numerous 

 small blebs, or vesicles are seen, filled with a thin watery fluid, which 

 leave little ulcers when they burst. In other cases, the mouth is 

 very red and hot, with the mucous lining peeling off, and this prevents 

 the young animals from sucking and feeding, while, in cases of the 

 lamb, it sometimes affects the teats of the dam, and sets up inflammation 

 of the udder. Thrush is generally thought to be due to some 



