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um or cotton (about the size of a goose egg) ; clip the end of the 

 wad in Munsen's sohition of iron and apply it to the roof of the 

 mouth. Holding up the upper lip, wind the oakum tightly to the 

 incisors 6 or 8 times, and then leave it alone. It will be all right 

 the next day. Give the owner a lotion to wash out this horse's 

 mouth and charge him a good fee ! 



Do not embarrass the horseshoer by running down his work 

 before the owner. As far as possible protect the horseshoers. 



STOMATITIS. 



Stomatitis runs a course through three kinds of inflammation : 

 (1) Catarrhal (2) Vesicular and (3) Pustular. Further we 

 recognize two kinds, the contagious and non-contagious. 



Etiology. — The contagious form of stomatitis is produced by 

 some specific germ, which as yet we do not know. The non- 

 contagious is often due to indigestion; it sometimes occurs 

 through local injuries and infection of wounds. Very fortu- 

 nately for all animals the infection of the mouth wounds is not 

 common. The wounds are common but their infection is not. 

 The salivary wash of the mouth is one continual disinfectant; the 

 saliva washes the germs away and bathes the wounds. 



Semciology. — We see stomatitis in foals and in calves from 

 too much nursing. The foam at the side of the mouth of a lit- 

 tle calf, when in excess, produces sore mouth. This is ''baby's 

 thrush." A little gastric indigestion may accentuate it. Acari 

 may infect these sore places. The form seen in foals is the ca- 

 tarrhal form. It will show itself in deep red patches, on which 

 a bran-life scurf will form. This is coagulated mucous, a plastic 

 exudate, and it soon gets fetid. The feter is due to the degen- 

 erated mucous. In a bad case these patches extend and coal- 

 esce so that the whole lining of the cheek may be involved, even 

 that of the lips and the frenum lingui. The roof is not often af- 

 fected. The catarrhal form occurs later in the fall— the lips 

 of the horse get chilled when he is grazing on the frozen grass 

 in the late fall much worse than in winter. 



In the vesicular form of stomatitis the patches are covered 

 with little vesicles. These vesicles are probably due to indiges- 



