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advisable to commence treatment by administering a purgative medicine. 
Barbadoes aloes is the best purgative, and is given preferably in the form of 
a ball, in doses of five, six, or seven drachms, depending upon the size and 
condition of the animal. It is of the greatest importance that the aloes 
be of the best quality. Much of that sold is really unfit for use, and great 
care is therefore necessary in procuring the drug. In all cases where a full 
dose of aloes is given, three full days’ rest is absolutely necessary. In 
addition to the cathartic, clysters of water at about 100° F. should be given, 
and repeated at intervals of two or three hours if necessary=—in addition, a 
drench composed of one ounce of sulphuric ¢ ether, one ounce of tincture of 
opium, one ounce of nitric “ether, and half an ounce of. powdered pimiento, 
should be given at intervals of oné or two hours, ina pint of gruel, as may be 
necessary. \ Some recommend Fleming’s tincture of aconite, but this remedy 
is not necessary in the treatment of simple colic. 
Hot fomentations, and stimulating liniments, or mustard, may with 
advantage be applied to the abdomen. The diet should consist of warm 
water and bran mashes. 
In flatulent colic it is advisable that the drenches should also contain 
one ounce of aromatic spirit of ammonia. 
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LAMPAS. 
WE will now turn to the consideration of the diseases of the mouth, and in. 
this connection shall treat of lampas, inflammation of the mouth, 
inflammation of the tongue, crib-biting, and wind-sucking. oe 
Some of our readers will be a little surprised to hear that lampas is not 
a disease at all. It is merely a swollen condition of the palate, occasioned 
by a determination of blood to this part, which is the seat of active changes, 
during the development of the teeth in young horses. Gamgee, in his work 
on the domestic animals in health and ‘disease, states that whence the 
absurd name lampas is derived, he cannot venture to determine; but he 
observes that it has done much mischief, by being regarded as a specific 
name for a specific disease, supposed to require active treatment by the hot 
zron. In many instances this swollen condition of the palate which manifests 
itself by projecting below the level of the front teeth requires no treatment. 
Sometimes lampas occurs as a manifestation of disorder of the stomach or. 
intestinal organs. When it is due to a congested condition of the gum, 
occasioned by teething, a few pricks with a lancet, or bathing the part with 
an astringent solution, consisting of two drachms of alum and one ounce of 
tincture of myrrh to twelve ounces of water, will relieve the irritation. The 
latter method of procedure is much the best for the amateur, as it is nearly 
always sufficient. Care must be taken in Jancing the gum not to cut the 
artery underneath, The animal should be fed for a few days on mashes, 
and half an ounce of bicarbonate of potassium with two drachms of nitre, may 
be given in the drinking water twice daily, 
