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piece of cloth. Give soft feed or cut grass. A few doses 

 of sulphite of soda, half an ounce to a dose, given for a 

 few evenings, will be all that is wanted. (See Lampas.) 



The mouth is a favourite and convenient place for 

 horsemen to try the keenness of their pocket knives, when 

 the least pretext is oifered. 



The palatial artery is sometimes cut lengthwise ; and 

 when that is the case, the bleeding thus unnecessarily 

 induced, will not stop when it is wanted. Many plans 

 and contrivances are recommended by individuals, how 

 to stop such bleeding; but none are equal to a piece of 

 iron or kitchen-poker immersed for a few minutes in hot 

 water, and applied to the wound for a moment, which 

 will at once stop further loss of blood. 



Mucus- — A thick, viscid substance, thrown out from 

 the mucous membrane, throughout the body. 



Mucous Membrane. — A thin lining of all the air 



passages; so-called, because the surface is kept moist, 

 with a slimy matter, as referred to in the article abov e 

 When this mucos is altered in quantity and quality, and 

 when mucous-pus is poured out, disease is present. This 

 is seen in cases of cold, bronchitis and inflammation of 

 the eyes, (which see.) 



Myalgia. — A term given to inflammation of a set of 

 muscles, and is applied by some, to wasting of the muscles, 

 as is sometimes seen in sweenie, (which see.) 



Narcotics are medicines^ which act upon the nervous 

 system, diminishing its power and sensibility, and so re- 

 lieving inflammation, irritation, and pain. A medicine 

 capable of doing this also produces the properties of an 

 anodyne, a sedative, soporific, carminative, and nauseant. 



There are but few medicines possessing this power over 



