SECTION VII. 



DISEASES OF' THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



Lampas — Spontaneous Salivation -Bots — Inflammation of Stomach — Rup- 

 ture of Stomach — Gorged, op over-distended Stomach — Meteorizatios 

 — Flatulent Colic — Spasmodic Colic — Inflammation of the Peritonum — 

 Ascites — Inflammation of the Intestines — Strangulation of Intestines- 

 Wounds PENETRATING THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY SPLENIC APOPLEXY FUNC- 

 TIONAL Disease of the Liver — P>\creas; its Function — Parasites which 



AFFECT THE INTESTINES. 



Lampas. 



LAMFAS is the name given to a slight tumefaction of the soft 

 palate of the horse's mouth. It usually occurs during the 

 period of dentition, at which time the mouth is hot and tender. 

 At the time when the tushes are about making their appearance, 

 the membrane over the crown of the tooth becomes tense, so as 

 to cause the root of the tooth to press on the tental nerve. This 

 causes much pain. In such cases we make a slight incision over 

 the region of the tooth, which immediately relieves the animal. 

 But most men overlook this difficulty, and, because the palate hap- 

 pens to be tumified, it is at once attacked with the barbarous firing- 

 iron. This treatment was condemned by Percivall, who, in 

 writing of it, says : 



" Are lampas disease ? The complaints, frequent and grievous, 

 which are daily reaching our ears, are enough to persuade us that 

 they are disease. Every groom that has an unthriving horse, or 

 one that does not feed, is sure to search for lampas; and, should 

 he find any, the cause of loss of appetite, etc., is detected, and the 

 remedy obvious — burning them out. Many a poor wight of a 

 horse, even when suffering from a constitutional disease, has been 

 subjected to this torturing operation, with a view of demonstrating 



the sagacity of the groom, and thereby has got added 'o his other 



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