SECTION VII. 
DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 
‘\ampas—SponTangeous Satrvatioy —Bots—INFLAMMATION oF STomMacH—RUP 
TURE oF SToMACH—GORGED, OF OVER-DISTENDED STOMACH—METEORIZATIO¥ 
—FiatuLtenr Conic—Spasmopic CoLic—INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONUM— 
Ascires—INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES—STRANGULATION OF INTESTINES— 
WounDs PENETRATING THE ABDOMINAL CaviTY—SPLEeNIc APOPLEXY— Funo- 
TIoNAL Disease or THE LiveR—PswerkEas; irs FuNcTION—-PARAsITEs WHICE 
AFFECT THE INTESTINES. 
LAmPpas, 
AMPAS is the name given to a slight tumefaction of the soft 
palate of the horse’s mouth. It usually occurs during the 
period of dentition, at which time the mouth is hot and tender 
At the time when the tushes are about making their appearance, 
the membrane over the crown of the tooth becomes tense, so as 
to cause the root of the tooth to press on the tental nerve. This 
causes much pain. In such cases we make a slight incision over 
the region of the tooth, which immediately relieves the animal. 
But most men overlook this difficulty, and, because the palate hap- 
pens to be tumified, it is at once attacked with the barbarous firing- 
iron. This treatment was condemned by PERCIVALL, who, in 
writing of it, says: 
“ Are lampas disease? The complaints, frequent and grievous, 
which are daily reaching our ears, are enough to persuade us that 
they are disease. Every groom that has an unthriving horse, or 
one that does not feed, is sure to search for lampas; and, should 
he find any, the cause of loss of appetite, etc., is detected, and the 
remedy obvious—burning them out. Many a poor wight of a 
horse, even when suffering from a constitutional disease, has been 
subjected to this torturing operation, with a view of demonstrating 
the sagacity of the groom, and thereby has got added ‘o his othe 
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