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237. Stomatitis Pustulosa — deep-seated inflammation and 

 ulceration of the lining of the mouth and tongue, varying in degree. 

 Young calves, five or six weeks after birth, also sheep and lambs, 

 occasionally suffer from small enlargements, resembling carbuncles, 

 which form on the tongue and on the inside of the cheeks, ter- 

 minating in ulcers {stomatitis ulcerosa), 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 too hot milk. On looking into the 

 mouth, ulcers will be seen on the inside of the cheeks, corresponding 

 with the enlargements 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 tincture of iodine, or the 

 boracic acid lotion, while 30 grains of chlorate of potash may be 

 given with advantage in the milk night and morning ; or tablespoonful 

 doses of Parrish's food, which is recommended to be given once a 

 day, with 2 tablespoonfuls of cod-liver oil. The external application 

 of iodine ointment (par. 1066, No. Ill .) to the enlargements generally 

 has good effect. 



238. Pharyngitis, or inflammation of the lining of the throat, 

 may arise from a variety of causes, as injuries from foreign bodies 

 or from a severe cold. When the throat becomes much congested 

 and inflamed, the animal is unable to swallow, and, on attempting to 

 drink water, a portion is returned through the nostrils. If the inflam- 

 mation is at all persistent, the chances are that the horse will ulti- 

 mately become a ' roarer.' In very severe cases, where the effusion, 

 or oedema, has so swelled the inside of the throat that there is a 

 danger of asphyxia, tracheotomy has to be performed. This is done 

 by cutting out a portion of two rings of the windpipe in front, 

 and inserting a tube suitable to the size of the animal. Treat- 

 ment. — In cases of a mild character, stimulating embrocations, 

 or mild blisters (par. 1066, No. 1) may be applied round the throat, 

 from the root of one ear to the root of the other, and 3-drachm 

 doses of chlorate of potash, with 2 tablespoonfuls of treacle, should 



