THE HORSE, ITS DISEASES. ggj 



tween the teeth and pulls, with or without spasmodic action. "Wind 

 sucking is when the horse suddenly seizes any hard, firm substance with 

 its teeth, pulls back, sucking in the air, sometimes with so loud a spas- 

 modic action, noise and groans that it may be heard for a long distance, 

 with swallowing and eructation. 



What to do It is probably more generally connected with disease 



of the teeth than is generally suspected, and these should be immediately . 

 examined for cause. At length it becomes a confirmed vice. Relieve 

 any disabilities from the teeth. The remedy is to allow no surface uncov- 

 ered with sheet-iron where the horse may reach it. Smearing the front 

 of the manger with aloes has been recommended. A muzzle with two 

 iron bars projecting from the lower jaw over the mouth and extending 

 over and between the nostrils, will prevent the vice. If the disease be 

 pure wind-sucking, a strap fastened tightly about the upper part of the 

 neck will prevent the effort, but there is danger of the horse becoming 

 a roarer. 



Vn. Lampas. 



Lampas is congestion of the palate ; a redness and swollen condition 

 of the bars of the mouth behind the upper front teeth, caused by denti- 

 tion in young animals, and in old ones from indigestion, causing pain in 

 chewing from the protrusion of the tender parts. 



What to do. — If in young horses, the means advised in dentition, with 

 slight cutting (scarifying) of the roof of the mouth, with a sharp knife 

 or lancet will suffice. In old horses, scarification, with a general atten- 

 tion to the health of the animal will be indicated. In scarifying, cut 

 only about an inch back of the teeth, and never deep. Just behind the 

 third bar an artery lies near the surface, difficult to manage if cut through. 

 Hence the care required in bleeding in 

 the roof of the mouth. Should, by ac- 

 cident the artery be severed, put a strong 

 cord around the upper front teeth close 

 to the gums, and strain it as tightly as 

 possible. This will generally close the 

 orifice and stop the bleeding. As a wash 

 for the gums, the following will be good : buening foelampas. 



No. 135. 1 Oz. chlorate of potash, 

 2 Oz8. soft water. 



Never hum the bars of the mouth for lampas. It is as senseless as it 



