134 THE HORSE, 



plentiful stream of blood will be obtained, which will usually stop of itself 

 when two or three quarts of blood have been obtained. The artery being 

 cut across will shrink, and soon cease to bleed, and the application of a 

 sponge filled with cold water will generally stop the i)leeding of the vein. 

 No injury v/ill result from the division of the nerve, for it is a mere nerve 

 of feeling, distrib.ited over those parts. 



CUT OF THE PALATE. 



*^,. ." - '' ' M'lil " '^^^^ palate divided into ridges or 



f" --.yii l^ars. 



ilfl'l 6 A strip dissected up to show the ves- 



\ ' sels and nerve beneath. 



J c The palatine artery. 



d The palatine vein. 

 e The j)alatine nerve between the ar- 

 "^ '1 ^^^y ^^^ ^^^^ vein. 



i ^i- / Tlie cheek divided, showing the di- 



1 rection of the muscular fibres. 



j g The grinders. 



I * rh h The nippers. 



The tushes. 



^'^-^^^mim'^ti'^^ 



Should the cut be made a little too much on one side, and about the 

 middle of the second incisor tooth, the artery may be wounded lonnritudinally, 

 but not divided, and there may be very great difficulty in stopping the blood. 

 We recollect a horse which almost bled to death from the artery being thus 

 wounded. If, however, a large and firm pledget of lint or tow be rolled 

 round a piece of twine, and that tied firmly round the front teeth, the pres- 

 sure on the part will effect the desired purpose ; or should this in a very 

 few cases fail, a gag may be easily contrived to press upon the pledget, 

 and the bleeding will immediately cease. 



We are speaking of this as a make-shift sort of bleeding when the horse 

 is on a journey ; but we should decidedly object to the cutting of the 

 bars as the usual mode of taking blood. The blood cannot be measured ; 

 the degree of inflammation cannot be ascertained by the manner in which 

 it coagulates, and there may be difficulty to the operator, and annoyance 

 and pain to the horse in stopping the bleeding. 



" LAM PAS. 



Some of the lower bars occasionally swell, and rise to a level with, and 

 even beyond the edge of the teeth, and they are very sore, and the horse 

 feeds badly on account of the pain he suffers from the pressure of the food 

 on the bars. This is called the Lampas; and it may arise from inflamma- 

 tion of the gums, propagated to the bars, when the horse is shedding his 

 teeth ; (and young horses arc more subject to it than others ;) or from some 

 slight'febrilc tendency in the constitution generally, as when a young horse 

 has lately been taken up from grass, and has been over-fed, or not suffi- 

 ciently exercised. 



In the majority of cases the swelling will soon subside ^yithout medical 



