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non is associated with a peculiar gurgling sound and is especially 

 seen when the animal is in the condition known as Must. The 

 physiological value of the Palu is obscure. It has been currently 

 accepted as a means of moistening the throat and mouth when 

 the animal is '^di-y" through a feverish state of the system or as 

 a result of work in dry hot air. Gilchrist alludes to Inflammation of 

 THE Palu as Gahasha, the result of accidentally wounding' the 

 part by biting the " uvula and loose skin about the top of the 

 throat which he can protrude at will/' but, occasionally; this state 

 is seen as a result of constitutional condition. The patient is off 

 feed on account of pain in swallowing, and the upper part of the 

 neck is painful on pressure, as shown by a distinctive grunt of 

 pain, which may occur even without pressure being made. The 

 disorder yields to astringent emollient gargles, fomentation, 

 externally, and antiphlogistics. 



Three forms of Sore Throat are described in addition to that 

 just referred to, i.e., Sulfa ka mnrz or Zillay Baaz and Choodee 

 kamurz, catarrhal affections Avhich occur in cold or rainy weather. 

 The former seems to have its seat in the mouth and larynx the 

 tongue being pale and rough, there being some difficulty in 

 breathing, and the patient frequently grinding the teeth. The 

 latter resides in both larynx and pharynx there being swelling 

 of the throat, no cough, lachrymation. It results from sudden 

 cooling of the animal when heated. 



The third form of sore throat is a peculiar swelling of the 

 larynx said to result from the animal overstretching the neck when 

 reaching to a high branch to obtain food, or otherwise over- 

 straining the parts at the top of the wind-pipe. These disorders 

 must be treated by good nursing, stimulant mussauls, and 

 fomentations. The natives use sternutative powders (errhines) 

 largely for them. A case of sore throat may, it must be re- 

 membered, prove either strangles or nonspecific inflammation ^of 

 the throat glands, Parotiditls, exhibiting the symptoms and 

 requiring the treatment for that disorder when seen in the horse, 

 as in the case described by V. S. (1st CI.) Thos. J. Symonds 

 in the Quarterly Journal of Veterinary Science for October 1885. 



A simple Glossitis has been described under the name Kookra ; 

 it readily yields to emollients and, therefore, can only in the 

 earliest stages be confounded with Gloss-anthrax. 



