LAMPAS. 1003 



Treatment. It should be re-opened, the coagula squeezed out, 

 and the edges of the wound again brought together, and a pad, or 

 sponge, saturated with a strong solution of Goulard's lotion, or cold 

 water constantly applied for an hour at a time, the pad being 

 supported by a broad bandage round the neck. The head must 

 be tied up for at least twenty-four hours. It usually subsides in 

 a day or two. Should swelling remain, it should be blistered and 

 treated as in phlebitis. 



LAMPAS. 



Lampas is the name given to a slight enlargement of the bars 

 or ridges on the palate behind the incisor teeth. It is mostly con- 

 fined to young horses, and is a 

 natural congestion of these parts, 

 consequent on the shedding of the 

 teeth. It is not so much a dis- 

 ease as a natural and salutary 

 process, which in general is best 



let alone, and in which cruel rem- 



FIG. 863. The barbarous method often 

 edies, such as firing, should never resorted to, of burning out 



for a moment be thought of. If the lampas - 



much inflamed, a slight scarification, with sloppy feed for a few 

 weeks, will suffice to remove it. In older animals, similar swell- 

 ings are sometimes seen arising from indigestion ; a slight physick- 

 ing will generally remove them, without resorting to such outrJ 

 practices as " cutting out the lampas." 



DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



The skin is a membrane of variable thickness, which covers 

 the whole body, and is reflected inward by all the natural open- 

 ings, so as to line, by its internal reflections, the eye, the nasal 

 cavities, the mouth, etc., etc. Skin diseases in the lower animals 

 generally do not prove so inveterate as in human beings. 



SURFEIT 



Is an affection of common occurrence among horses in the spring 

 and summer months, and is an eruptive disease, showing itself in 

 the form of small tumors, or pimples ; and extending along the 

 neck, or over the whole body. 



