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Mortification. — Death of a part. (See Gangrene.) 



Moribund. — A term in use, and applied when men or animals 

 are in a dying condition. 



Mouth, Diseases of the. — These are but few ; perhaps the ir- 

 regularities of the teeth are the most important. So much is this 

 the case, that from diseased or carious teeth, an afifection arises, 

 to many external appearances, similar to glanders; and horses 

 have accordingly been destroyed, whereas, if a carious tooth, pro- 

 ducing a stinking discharge from the nose, had been removed^ 

 these appearances would have passed off. The edges of the teeth 

 of horses, at all ages, are apt to become sharp, and cut or wound 

 the inside of the mouth, and interfere with mastication or chew- 

 ing. When horses are off their feed and losing flesh, it will be 

 well to have the teeth examined. To remedy any irregularity of 

 the grinders, a rasp, or file, with a concave surface and long handle, 

 is used to make the teeth smooth and level. Wolf teeth are su- 

 pernumerary, but do no injury to either the mouth or eyes. 



(1.) Scald Mouth. — Another simple affection of the mouth, 

 which is characterized by the horse slobbering or frothing from 

 the mouth, as if salivated. In aggravated cases fever is present. 



Treatment. Give ten drops of the tincture of aconite root in a 

 little cold water three times in the day, for 48 hours, and allow 

 the horse to have a bucket of cold water suspended or placed be- 

 fore him, to cool his mouth in. 



(2.) Wounds of the Tongue. — Should be treated the same way, 

 but without the aconite. If the tongue is nearly cut through, have 

 the cut portion entirely removed. The horse can do wonderfully 

 well without a large part of his tongue. 



(3.) Black Tongue. — This is not a disease, but the effect of a 

 simple and non-fatal affection, frequently treated by bleeding, blis- 

 tering and physicking — destroying vitality, and inducing mortifi- 

 cation of the tongue, as well as of other portions of the body. 



(4.) Aphthous Thrush. — Soreness of the mouth, with white- 

 patches on the tongue, inside the cheeks and roof of the mouth. 

 In man, this condition of the mouth is called stomaiitis. 



Causes. Bad condition of the stomach and dyspepsia. 



Treatment. Borax in powder, one ounce ; molasses, three ounces ; 

 mix, and apply with a soft brush, or soft piece of clo^h. Qiv? ?of^ 



