18 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



rasp against it. The horse began to eat at once. 

 Another horse showed the same symptoms except 

 that it could swallow water. In this case I found 

 a piece of corn cob wedged between the upper mo- 

 lar teeth; so firm was it fixed that I had to cut it 

 before it could be removed. Another case to illus- 

 trate an injury to the tongue. The animal could 

 eat soft food, but hay, oats, and corn dropped out 

 of (lie mouth as soon as it was taken in. The symp.- 

 toms were the same as above. I examined the 

 mouth and found that the tongue was cut one-third 

 of the way through, and the sore had become un- 

 healthy, as the animal had been in this condition 

 three weeks. I cleaned the wound and touched it 

 with nitrate of silver to destroy the unhealthy part, 

 then used to heal it: Glycerine, two ounces; tinc- 

 ture of catechu, one ounce; alum, one dram, shaken 

 up well, and applying; a little to the sore with a 

 feat her twice daily. The animal was fed on ground 

 oats and bran until the wound healed. There are 

 numbers of cases which I could enumerate where 

 if the owner had examined the mouth he would 

 have saved the poor animal from suffering and 

 himself trouble and expense. 



IRREGULARITIES OF THE TEETH. 



The outer edges of the upper molars and the in- 

 ner edges of the lower molars are sharp and some- 

 times cut the cheeks or the tongue and prevent the 

 horse from eating well. This is best remedied by 

 rasping off the sharp points, taking care not to 

 rasp the grinding surface of the tooth. 



