44 ' Diseases of the Horse. 



LAMPAS— SWOLLEN GUMS. 



Lampas is a name applied to swelling of the gums of 

 young horses, caused from teething; but may occur at any 

 age from diseases of the stomach, most frequently from 

 indigestion. 



TREATMENT :— When colts are teething, it is ad- 

 visable to pinch the gums with the nail of the thumb until 

 they bleed, and rub on a little table salt. This is much 

 better than burning the mouth with hot irons, the effect 

 which, the animal never forgets or forgives, as is shown 

 afterwards, in any attempt to do anything about its head. 



In old horses, as soon as the stomach is in healthy 

 condition, the gums will cease to give annoyance. There- 

 fore, it will be necessary to treat the stomach to efTect a 

 cure. 



LUNG FEVER— INFLAMMATION OF THE 



LUNGS. 

 (Pneumonia.) 



CAUSES : — The exciting causes of lung- fever is be- 

 lieved to be a micro-organism, yet its positive identifica- 

 tion is not assured. Lung fever is generally endemic, 

 though it may become epidemic. Frequently, however, 

 when it appears to be epidemic, it will be found that the 

 horses afifected have been exposed to the same depressing 

 influences. Among the predisposing causes, age ranks 

 first. There are three periods in the horses life, in which 

 the liabilit}' to lung fever is greatest : Colts ; horses between 

 the agfes of eight to ten years, and after fifteen years old. 



The general bodily condition at and before the lung 

 fever seizure, has but little predisposing influence. It is 

 a question whether the stronger or the weak are oftenest 



