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upper incisor teeth, becomes swollen and tender, and projecting 

 down below the edges of the teeth causes pain in the attempt to 

 bite the food. The tumefaction is sometimes considerable, and 

 foi-rns a mechanical obstruction. 



Young animals are most subject to lampas during the change of 

 the milk teeth between two and five years of age : but horses are 

 very often affected. In most cases no remedies beyond a little 

 cooling medicine, as a dose of nitre in a mash for two or three 

 nights, with a wash of alum-water, will be necessary. If there is 

 much tumefaction and redness a few punctures will afford relief at 

 once, but the removal of the swollen gum could only be necessary 

 under extraordinary circumstances, and then it should be done by a 

 competent veterinary sui'geon. 



LICE IN HOESES. 



Wash first with soft soap and warm water, and then with 1 part of 

 carbolic acid to 60 parts water. Feed moderately and give gentle 

 exercise. 



LIQUOR ARSEXICALI3. 



The proper dose for a horse is ^oz. daily, if not continued longer 

 than two months. 



LOOSENESS. 



Give rice water instead of ordinary water, and not more than a 

 gallon per day of it. There are some horses so washy that nothing 

 will have the effect of stopping the looseness. The hay and corn 

 should be of the best quality, and the latter should be bruised. 



LOTIONS. 



Of all applications water is most used. It is useful for two 

 purposes — either to lower the temperature of a portion of the body, in 

 which case the water application must be kept constantly cold ; or 

 else to stimulate the part to renewed and increased action. This 

 latter may be done by dashing cold water over the part, and then 

 rubbing until dry, or by putting a dry bandage over the wetted part. 

 Lotions of all kinds are most generally applied by means of bandages. 

 They are of three kinds : — (1) Dry bandages, usually of woollen 

 material, used when it is necessary to protect the extremities from 

 cold or to confine the heat. (2) Wet bandages are adapted to the 

 treatment of different forms of disease or injury. It is generally 

 admitted that wet bandages should not be allowed to dry on the 

 logs. One obvious reason is, that if icet bandages are required, they 



