382 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



is brutal and cruel. Never use caustics. The bars of the mouth ai>« 

 U!*cful to the horse, as the palate is to man, and may not be tampered 

 with with impunity. 



vm. Inflammation in and Around the Mouth. 



Causes. — Irritation from wounds, bruises, acrid or poisonous plants, 

 ravage bits, injuries from the bit, twitch or rope around the under jaw 

 and tongue, medical irritants, bites or stings of reptiles or insects, the 

 use of calomel and other salivating drugs, fungus growths, specific 

 fevers, etc. 



How to know it. — There will be difficulty in feeding and drinking, sla- 

 vering with or without fetid saliva, swelling and rigidity of the lips, 

 cheeks or between the bones of the lower jaw, blisters or sores within 

 the mouth, swelling of the glands, etc. 



What to do — Find the cause, whether from mechanical injury, irritating 

 food or irritant drugs. If injured by alkalies wash with vinegar and 

 water, equal parts ; if by acids use lime water or a weak solution of 

 bicarbonate of soda ; if caused by caustic salts use mucilage of slippery 

 elm, or white of egg ; if from venomous bites apply ammonia and give 

 one-half ounce of liquid ammonia internally to the horse, and one-half 

 to one ounce to the ox. For bite of venomous snakes, tarantula, etc., 

 cauterize the wound in addition and give whisky in full doses. If there 

 Ls simple inflammation, open the bowels with a gentle laxative, two ounce 

 doses of magnesia, and wash with vinegar and honey. Give plenty of 

 cool water and soft food. If there are ulcers, touch them with a feather 

 dipped in 



No. 136. 10 Grains lunar caustic, 



1 Ounce rain water. 



If there is much swelling keep the head tied up. If tumors resolving 

 into matter (pus) appear, open with a lancet or knife. If there is slough- 

 ing of the parts (separation of dead flesh) wash with the following: 



No. 137. 1 Drachm permanganate of potassa, 



1 Pint of water. 



IX. Slavering. 



Causes. — The result of mercurial salivation, symptoms of various 

 affections, as apthous fevers, epilepsy, cutting teeth, ulcers of the mouth, 

 'irritating food, alkalies, acids, bad fodder, etc. White clover will often 

 cause undue secretion of saliva by the glands. 



