20 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



LAMPAS. 



Lainpas is a swelling of the mucous membrane 

 called the bars. This is no disease, but the result 

 of the development of the teeth causing an in- 

 creased quantity of blood to the part, which will 

 pass away as soon as the* teeth are full grown. In 

 very bad cases a few pricks with a suture needle 

 and bathing the mouth with a teaspoonful of alum 

 in half a pint of cold water will relieve it for a time. 

 The animal should be fed on soft food. In horses 

 that have a full mouth of teeth, give a dose of aloes, 

 one ounce; soda carbonate, half an ounce; ground 

 ginger, half an ounce; dissolve in half pint of boil- 

 ing water, then add half a pint more of cold water 

 and give at one dose. 



INFLAMMATION OF MOUTH AND TONGUE. 



This is usually the result of giving too irritating- 

 medicine or the animal eating some acid plants 

 among the grass or hay. The symptoms are swell- 

 ing of the tongue, dribbling of saliva, and if the 

 swelling is great the tongue will be protruded from 

 the mouth, which being open, gives the animal a 

 peculiar appearance; the breathing is loud and 

 rough, and the animal is unable to eat or drink and 

 would soon die if not relieved. A horse presenting 

 the above symptoms was brought to me in the 

 morning and I used the following: Acetate of lead, 

 one' ounce, dissolved in half a gallon of water; I 

 tied a piece of string to a soft sponge and wet it 

 with the lotion and pressed it as far into the mouth 

 as possible; I then withdrew it and in ten minutes 



