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When lampas is due to digestive derangement, this condition must be 
treated. Locally, nothing need be done, but the same internal treatment 
may be adopted as when teething is the cause. It is well in all forms to 
‘commence treatment by the administration of a mild dose of aloes, say two 
“to four drachms. ; 
INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH OR STOMATITIS, BOTH 
CONTAGIOUS AND NON-CONTAGIOUS. 
INFLAMMATION of the mouth or-stomatitis, occurs in several forms in the 
horse ; and in addition to the more common varieties, there is a contagious 
disease of the mouth in which little blebs, which eventually become 
‘pustules, are formed on the tongue and on the membrane lining the inside of 
the mouth. This disease, however, is so rarely met with as to require only a 
cursory notice. Recently we have had two cases under treatment. In these 
‘cases the whole of the lining of the mouth underneath the tongue and on the 
inside of the cheeks was found to have peeled off in flakes, and the raw 
surface left was studded copiously with little rounded ulcers. The mouth 
was hot, dry, and red. This disease is specially interesting from the fact 
that it is so very readily communicated to man. In these cases of which we 
are speaking, both the foreman and the shepherd became inoculated while 
giving balls prior to calling in the writer, and both became seriously ill, but’ 
they eventually recovered. We will now consider the simple non-contagious 
varieties of inflammation of the mouth. This disease is most frequently met 
with in young animals, which are especially predisposed to it by malhygienic 
conditions and improper dieting. It may be due to local irritation or to 
mechanical causes, or may follow disorders of the digestive organs. It often 
occurs in animals debilitated by disease, and is in many instances traceable 
to a certain vegetable fungus, or to a special acarus. : 
There are several varieties of non-contagious stomatitis. The first called 
simple stomatitis is chiefly met with in foals, The first manifestations of this 
disease are small circumscribed red patches on the membrane lining the 
cheeks and roof of the mouth. These patches are covered with a yellowish 
film, which soon separates, and leaves a superficial erosion. The breath 
smells badly, and thick saliva accumulates in the mouth. This form is 
sometimes seen in old animals, and is often associated with bad digestion. 
The next form is called vesicular. In this affection small blebs appear on 
the membrane lining the mouth, and some of these rupture. In the third or 
last form, called pustular, the vesicles become pustular. The hygienic and 
dietetic arrangements should be attended to in the first place in stomatitis. 
As local applications, lotions of chlorate of potassium, twenty-five grains to 
the ounce of water, or of carbolic acid one part in forty of water are very 
useful. Ifthe ulcers become very offensive or indolent, they may be painted 
with a solution of nitrate of silver, ten grains to the ounce of water, once 
daily. A mild purgative should be given in the first instance, and half an 
