126 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser 



lips and cheeks ; red membrane of tlie mouth ; slavering ; 

 saliva often foetid; swelling between the bones of the 

 lower jaw ; the formation of blisters or sores inside the 

 mouth ; and sometimes swelling of the glands beneath the 

 ears. Abscess or even gangrene may result. 



Treatment. Eemove the cause whether irritants in food, 

 drugs, sharp bodies lodged in the tissues, injuries by the 

 bit, twitch or otherwise. If injured by lye, wash with 

 weak vinegar ; if by acids, with calcined magnesia, lime 

 water or bicarbonate of soda ; if by caustic salts, white of 

 egg, boiled linseed, slippery elm or the gluten of wheat 

 flour. Give the same agents as a draught. If from 

 the bite or sting of venomous animals apply ammonia 

 to the part and give it internally. In all the severer 

 animal poisons the wound should be cauterized (see ca- 

 nine madness). In simple inflammations open the bowels 

 by injections of warm water with soap or other laxa- 

 tives, or, if it can be done, give a mild laxative (olive 

 oil). Wash the mouth frequently with cool astringent 

 lotions (vinegar and water ; vinegar and honey ; borax, 

 alum or tannic acid, honey and water ; water shghtly 

 sweetened with carbolic acid, etc.) Have fresh cool water 

 constantly present to drink at wiU, and feed with boiled 

 gruels, or soft mashes cold, or pulped or thinly sliced 

 roots. Poultices beneath the throat and lower jaw are 

 often very useful. If erosions and ulcers appear touch 

 them repeatedly with a feather dipped in a solution of 10 

 grains lunar caustic to 1 oz. distilled water. If fluctua- 

 tion shows the presence of matter lance at once. If 

 sloughing takes place wash with a solution of permanga- 

 nate of potassa 1 dr., water 1 pint. If there is much swell- 

 ing keep the head tied up. 



CONGESTED PALATE. liAMPAS. 



A red swollen state of the soft parts behind the upper 

 front teeth, attendant in young animals on shedding of the 

 teeth, or in older ones on digestive disorder. The taking 



