Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-01

found brain disturbance. Thirst is in
creased after profuse sweating, in
diabetes, diarrhea, in fever, at the
crisis of infectious diseases, and when
the mouth Is dry and hot.
Some diseases of the mouth or
throat make it difficult for the horse
to chew or swallow his feed. Where
difficulty In this respect is experienced,
the fOllOwing-named conditions should
be borne in mind and carefully looked
for: Diseases of the teeth, consisting
in decay, fracture, abscess formation.
or Overgrowth; infiammatory condi-
tions, or wounds or tumors of the
tongue, cheeks, or lips; paralysis of
the muscles of chewing or swallowing:
foreign bodies in upper part Of the
mouth between the mOlar teeth; in
flammatiOn of throat. Difficulty in
swallowing is sometimes shown by the
symptom known as "Quidding." Quid-
ding consists in dropping from the
mouth well-chewed and insalivated
bOluses Of feed. A mOuthful of hay.
for example, after being ground and
masticated, is carried to the back part
Of the mouth. The horse then finds
that from tenderness of the throat, or
from some other. cause, swallowing is
difficult or painful, and the bolus is
then dropped from the mouth. An
other quantity of hay is similarly pre-
pared. only to be dropped in turn.
Sometimes pudding is due to a painful
tooth, the bOlus being dropped from
the mouth when the tooth is struck
and during the pang that follows.
In some brain diseases, and particu-
larry in chronic internal hydrocepha-
lus, the horse has most peculiar man.
ner of swallowing and of taking feed.
A similar condition is seen in hyper
emia of the brain. In eating the horse
will sink his muzzle into the grain in
the feed box and eat while without
raising the head. Long pauses are
made while the feed is in the mouth. |
Sometimes the horse will eat very rap
idly for little while and then slowly:
the jaws may be brought together so
forcibly that the teeth gnash. In eat
ing hay the horse will stop at times
with hay protruding from the mouth
and stand stupidity, as though he has
forgotten what he was about.
In examining the mouth one should
first look for swellings or for evidence
Of abnormal conditions upon the exte-
rior; that is, the front and sides of
the face, the jaws, and about the muz-
zle. By this means wounds, fractures,
tumors, assesses, and disease accom-
panied by eruptions about the muzzle
may be detected. The interior Of the
mouth is examined by holding the head
up and inserting the fingers through
the interdental space in such a way
as to cause the mouth to open. The
mucous membrane should be clean and
Of a nght-pink color, excepting on the
back Of the tongue, where the color is
a yellowish. gray. As abnormalities
OF this region. the chief are diffuse
Inflammation, characterized by red
ness and catarrhal discharge; local in
as from eruptions, ulcers,
DR. wounds; necrosis of the lower Jaw.
bone in front of the first back tooth;
and swellings. Foreign bodies are
sometimes found embedded in the mu-
cous membrane lining Of the mouth
Dr. lodged between the teeth.
The examination of the pharynx and
IF the esophagus is made chiefly by
pressing upon the skin covering these
organs in the region Of the throat and
llong the left side Of the neck In the