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When lampas is due to digestive derangement, this condition must be 

 •treated. Locally, nothing need be done, but the same internal treatment 

 may be adopted as when teething is the cause. It is well in all forms to 

 commence treatment by the administration of a mild dose of aloes, say two 

 to four drachms. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH OR STOMATITIS, BOTH 

 CONTAGIOUS AND NON-CONTAGIOUS. 



Inflammation of the mouth or stomatitis, occurs in several forms in the 

 horse ; and in addition to the more common varieties, there is a contagious 

 disease of the mouth in which little blebs, which eventually become 

 pustules, are formed on the tongue and on the membrane lining the inside of 

 the mouth. This disease, however, is so rarely met with as to require only a 

 cursory notice. Recently we have had two cases under treatment. In these 

 cases the whole of the lining of the mouth underneath the tongue and on the 

 inside of the cheeks was found to have peeled off in flakes, and the raw 

 surface left was studded copiously with little rounded ulcers. The mouth 

 was hot, dry, and red. This disease is specially interesting from the fact 

 that it is so very readily communicated to man. In these cases of which we 

 are speaking, both the foreman and the shepherd became inoculated while 

 giving balls prior to calling in the writer, and both became seriously ill, but 

 they eventually recovered. We will now consider the simple non-contagious 

 varieties of inflammation of the mouth. This disease is most frequently met 

 with in young animals, which are especially predisposed to it by malhygienic 

 conditions and improper dieting. It may be due to local irritation or to 

 mechanical causes, or may follow disorders of the digestive organs. It often 

 occurs in animals debilitated by disease, and is in many instances traceable , 

 to a certain vegetable fungus, or to a special acarus. 



There are several varieties of non-contagious stomatitis. The first called 

 simple stomatitis is chiefly met with in foals. The first manifestations of this 

 disease are small circumscribed red patches on the membrane lining the 

 cheeks and roof of the mouth. These patches are covered with a yellowish 

 film, which soon separates, and leaves a superficial erosion. The breath 

 smells badly, and thick saliva accumulates in the mouth. This form is 

 sometimes seen in old animals, and is often associated with bad digestion. 

 The next form is called vesicular. In this affection small blebs appear on 

 the membrane lining the mouth, and some of these rupture. In the third or 

 last form, called pustular, the vesicles become pustular. The hygienic and 

 dietetic arrangements should be attended to in the first place in stomatitis. 

 As local applications, lotions of chlorate of potassium, twenty-five grains to 

 the ounce of water, or of carbolic acid one part in forty of water are very 

 useful. If the ulcers become very offensive or indolent, they may be painted 

 with a solution of nitrate of silver, ten grains to the ounce of water, once 

 daily. A mild purgative should be given in the first instance, and half an 



