Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-01-19
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The LAMPAs IN HoRsEs. cores
pondent 81 the New York Esprit OF the
Times" inquiries as 10 ihe burning for the
Iampas. aud whether Ihal was lhe only
cure for it. With the hope that we may
perhaps save one horse from The unneces-
,ary and terrible torture of the burning
IRON, we undertake TO reply:
Burning for the Lampas is as good and
humane remedy as is suffocatlon between
TWO feather beds for hydrophobIa-boih
have been praclsed BY the ignorant, and
both are eficclusi. The horse, TO be sure,
survives the mniction, while the feather
ocd patient Is bound TO die. Both OF
ihese 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 il to over-leedlng. But in no
single case, however bad, within our
knowledge and experience, has II resisted
a course of bran mashes, continued for
day or two; with the addition, in one or
TWO instances, Of purgatve OF salts or
aloes. CThe first though, Of our farm
hanJS always was, TO take the animal 10
the bIacksmlh's to be burned
Youau says :--"The bars occasionally
swell and rise to a level with and even
! Ibeyord The edge of the teeth. They are
very sore, and the horse feeds badly OH
account of the pain he suffers from the
pressure Of the food on them. This is
called the l.ampas. 1t may arise from
inflammation of the gums, propagaled 10 the
bars, when the horse is shedding his teeth
aid young horses ale more subject to it
than oihers--or from some slight febrile
tendency IN the constitution generally; as
when young horse has lately been taken
up from grass, and has been over-fed or
not sufficiently exercised. AT times, il
appears in aged horses for the progress
Of growth in the teeth of the horse is con-
tinued during the whole life of the ami
NAL. In a msjorit" Of cases, the swelling
will soon subslde without medical treat
ment or few mashes and gentle alera-
tive will relieve the animal. few slight
uclslons across the bars with a lancet or
peu-kUile will relieve the inflammation
and cause the swelling t. subside; indeed
this specification Of the bars in Lampas
will seldom harm, although it is far from
being so necessary as is supposed. The
brutal custom of the farrler, who scars
and burns down the bar with red hot iron,
IS most objectionable. 1t is torturing the
horse 10 no purpose, and rendering that
pa:i Gallons, on the delicate sensibllty of
which all tie safety and pleasure Of ri
ding and driving depend. II may be pru-
dent, III case of Lampas, to examine the
grinders, and more particularly the lushes,
IN order to ascertain whether either of
Them is making It's way through the gum.
II it's not 80, two InclsiOns across each
other should lie made on the tooth, and
the horse will experience immediate re-
!ieE"
Ia Idncing he gum for coming tooth
il is much better to nick the gum at tie
side rather than upon the edge above tho
eIranc,n~ .o",h. This Is pracuscd win
yoUug caIidren by most physicians. Any
orc troubled with a tender aud swollen
uslcp con comprehend tic rationale of
this II lie cuts his boot upon the poin:
of pressure, he fnIs the foot pufTiag up,
more and moIe, but when he makes a few
Inclsions on either side Of the boot, near
the sole, the pressure ceases and his in
step IS al once relieved.
PRACTICAL FARMER
We wish every farrier and blacksmith
in the land who has been guilty Of the
barbarous practice of mulilsrng the
mouths of horses with hot iron for the
cure Of Lawpss, would read the foregoing
and be convinced Of the ignorance under
which be has labored. Southern Cuii.
UGtOr.