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for two weeks and was reduced to a mere skeleton. 

 He readily diagnosed the trouble and removed the 

 cause. The horse rapidly regained his former con- 

 dition. 



While practicing at Kalamazoo, Michigan, I was 

 called to treat a mare that had been suffering for 

 three days from some cause, which the owner was 

 unable to diagnose. However he had attempted 

 treatment and as a result the whole mouth was blis- 

 tered from the effects of the medicine which he had 

 administered. When I first saw the mare she was 

 standing in the stall hanging the head and champing 

 the jaws. There was an abundant flow of viscid 

 saliva from the mouth which was ropy and presented 

 a fetid odor. On making an examination of the 

 mouth, I discovered a piece of corn cob lodged 

 between the upper and sixth molars. It had become 

 so firmly lodged that it was with some difficulty that 

 I effected its removal. The under surface of the cob 

 had been worn smooth by the continual motion of 

 the tongue, which had as a consequence, become 

 very much lacerated and swollen. The after treat- 

 ment consisted of cooling lotion to the mouth and 

 soft food for a few days. 



*"The editor of The Veterinarian reports the 

 case of a pony that came near starving from having 

 a stick fastened in its mouth. No fracture of the 



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