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ounces, linseed oil half a pint, for one dose. Cold gruel 

 may be given instead of the oil if preferred. Let the food 

 only consist of cold gruel and boiled roots. Laceration of 

 the tongue is not uncommon : violence in many shapes pro- 

 duce if they do not divide it. When a brutality of this kind 

 is inflicted, experience proves that the best treatment is to 

 take two quarts of tepid water, put into it one fluid ounce of 

 carbolic acid, and the creature will find much relief in 

 bathing his tongue in it ; the quantity of each may be doubled 

 if necessary. 



Cattle sometimes while grazing get thorns stuck into the 

 back part of the tongue or cheek, causing discharge of saliva 

 and inability to eat, which must be seen to and extracted. 



ULCERATED AND IRREGULAR TEETH. 



Cause, — The former is chiefly produced by small stones 

 of various sizes getting mixed with the oats or other feed 

 (through the negligence of stablemen), and, of course, one 

 or more of the molar teeth become permanently injured by 

 the terrible wrench of the powerful jaws of the horse. 

 Powerful acids given by ignorant persons in some rare cases 

 induces disease of the teeth. 



Symptoms. — There is considerable tenderness and 

 swelling of the face, the food lodges in the hole formed and . 

 putrifies. There is great difficulty in chewing, and the 

 breath smells badly. But in most cases the evil does not 

 stop here, after some time the tooth injured wears away, 

 and the opposing tooth having no attrition, grows to an 

 enormous size, grates against the gum, and is followed by a 

 discharge, which sometimes has been mistaken for glanders. 

 Any person interested in the subject may see such a speci- 

 men on exhibition at the New York College of Veterinary 

 Surgeons. 



Treatmient. — Many remedies have been tried, such as 

 stuffing the tooth with gutta percha and other substances, 

 but it is always the best plan to have the diseased tooth re- 



