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Conkey's Blister, according to directions. Actual blistering is not by any 

 means as necessary as is commonly supposed. Try the non-blister way and 

 keep your horse from scar or blemish. 



LAMPAS This is an inflammation and swelling of the fleshy bars of the 

 roof of the mouth, back of the upper incisors. It is sometimes 

 spelled "Lampers" and was so named on account of the old-style of burning 

 with a "lamp" or hot iron. It is a natural condition in colts when the 

 permanent teeth are coming in, and usually requires little or no attention. 

 In fact it may be classed as one of the "imaginary diseases" along with 

 wolf teeth and wolf-in-the-tail. The condition will soon change of itself, 

 but the animal can be made more comfortable by the following: 



Treatment Put the animal on scalded oats, boiled roots, mashes, etc., for 

 a few days, using Conkey's Stock Tonic with the feed to tone 

 up the general condition and keep the system open. This soft feed will 

 be easy on the swollen gums. A common and very good treatment is to 

 apply to the gums, three times a day, alum solution, using one ounce of alum 

 to one quart of water. We advise making a few incisions about half an inch 

 back of the teeth, and applying liberally Conkey's Pain Lotion, which is 

 antiphlogistic, and quickly relieves the inflamed condition. On no account 

 allow anyone to burn your horse's mouth for Lampas. 



LEUCHORREA This is a whitish discharge due to inflammation of the 

 mucous membrane lining the genital organs of the 

 mare. 



Treatment is simple, but must be persistent. Give an injection, or douche, 

 once or twice a day, using one dram of permanganate of pot- 

 ash dissolved in one quart of water. Use water that has been freshly boiled, 

 and cooled, each time you make this solution. Mix according to directions. 

 Another treatment, more expensive but especially effective, is Conkey's 

 Horse Tonic to be given as a drench or in the feed. Conkey's Horse Tonic 

 is a pure root compound, especially fitted for disorders of the generative 

 system, the nervous system, or any out-of-health condition of brood mares. 



LICE These are commonly found on the forelegs, especially on hairy- 

 legged horses, but they may come on any part of the body. Poul- 

 try lice are very liable to attack horses if given the opportunity. 



Treatment Rub the horse briskly with a brush dipped in Nox-i-cide Dip 

 and Disinfectant solution, (see directions). Rub the horse dry, 

 then blanket if the season requires it so that the animal will not catch cold. 

 Conkey's Lice Powder, commonly used for poultry, can be used on horses 

 also, rubbed or sifted into the coat, or blown from a lice-powder bellows. 



LYMPHANGITIS-WEED This is a swelling, or "stocking up" of one 



or both hind legs, very seldom a foreleg. It 



starts up suddenly, beginning in the glands under the thigh or forearm, 

 and spreading down the leg, sometimes extending even below the knee or 

 hock. There is local heat, great pain and lameness so that the animal 

 often stands on three legs. It is said that horses of sluggish or Lymphatic 

 temperament are most liable to the disease, thus it is common with draft 

 horses, especially after some sudden change in work or habits; it is often 

 called Monday Morning Disease, because attacks are common after the 

 rest day Sunday. It used to be thought due to over-feeding, but modern 



