Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-15
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The Lampas in Horses.

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A correspondent Of the New York
Spirit of the Times inquiries as to the
burning for the Lampas, and whether
that is the only cure for it. With the
hope that We may perhaps save one
horse Aom the unnecessary and terrible
torture Of the burning iron, we under
take to reply;
Burning for the Lampas is as good
and human remedy as is sufoca-
ton between two feather-beds for hy-
drophobia-both have been practiced
by the ignorant, and both are effectual.
The horse, to be sure, survives the In
Fiction, while the feather-bed patient
is bound to die. But both of these
barbarous remedies () have long been
discarded by civilized and intelligent
men.
We have occasionally had cases of
this complaint In our stable, and have
always attributed it to over-feeding-
But in no single case, however bad,
within our knowledge and experience,
has it resisted course of bran mash
es, continued for day or two; with
the addition, in one or two instances,
Of a purgative of salts or aloes. The
first thought of hanks always was, to
take the animal to the blacksmith's to
be burned.
Youatt says: "The bars OCCASION
ally swell and rise to level with and
even beyond the edge of the teeth
They are very sore, and the horse
feeds badly on account of the pain he
suffers from the pressure of the food
on them. This is called the Lampas
1t may arise from Inflammation of the
gums, propagated to the bars, when
the horse is shedding teeth--and
young horses are more subject to it
than others-or from some slight fe-
brile tendency in the constitution
generally; as when young horse
has lately been taken up from grass,
and has been over-fed or not suffi-
GENTLY exercised. At times, it ap-
pears in aged horses; for the progress
of growth in the teeth of the horse
is continued during the whole life of
the animal. A few slight missions
across the bars with a lancet or a pen
knife will relieve the Inflammation and
cause the swelling to subside; indeed
this scarification of the bars in the
Lampas will seldom harm, although
it is far from being so necessary as
is supposed. The brutal custom of
the farrier, who sears and burns down
the bar with red hot iron, is most
Objectionable. 1t is terturing the
horse to no purpose, and rendering
that part callous, on the delicate sen.
sibility of which all the safety and
pleasure Of riding and driving de-
: pend. 1t may be prudent, in case of
Lampas, TO examine the grinders, and
more particularly the tushes, in order
to ascertain whether either of themi is
8 MASKING its way through the gum
If it is so, two incisions across each
other should be made on the tooth,
and the horse will experience imma-
date relief
In lancing the gum for coming
tooth it is much better to nick the
gum at the side rather than upon the
edge above the advancing TOOTH
This is practiced with young children
by most physicians. Any one
troubled with a tender and swollen
instep, can comprehend the rationale
OF this. If he cuts his boot upon
the point of the pressure, he finds the
loot pulling up more and more, but
when he makes a few incisions on Ell
Their side of the boot, near the sole.
the pressure ceases and his instep is
at once relieved. E
PRACTICAL FARMER.
We wish every farrier and black
smith in the land who has been guilty.
of the barbarous practice of mutilla-
ting the mouths of horses, with hot
iron for the cure of Lampas, would
read the foregoing and be convinced
of the ignorance under which he has
labored. | -
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