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Observe. If the collar is not too tight on the neck, interfering 

 with the free j^assage of air in and out of the windpipe. 



Causes. Generally from some thickening of the glands of the 

 neck, or of the windpipe — the effects of bronchitis or distemper, 

 not treated, or improperly treated, in not supporting the strength, 

 whereby all thickenings are taken up, or reduced and even pre- 

 vented. 



Gullet, Obstructions in the. — (See Choking.) 



Gunshot Wound. — This is, excepting in times of war, a rare 

 occurrence, and the treatment consists in extracting the bullet, and 

 healing the wound as for an ordinary sore. The bullet is ex- 

 tracted by an instrument called a Bullet Forceps. The instrument 

 grasps the bullet, and extracts the ball. 



Gutta Serena. — (See Eye Diseases.) 



Heart, Disease of the. — Of diseases of the heart little need 

 be said, and as little can be done in the way of cure ; so all I pro- 

 pose under this head is merely to name a few of the altered con- 

 ditions of the heart, which are all embraced in the sweeping term 

 '• Heart disease." 



(1.) Enlargement of the heart. 



(2.) Wasting or shrinking of the heart. 



(3.) Foreign bodies of the heart. 



(4.) Fatty degeneration of the heart. 



(5.) Inflammation of the heart. 



(6.) Ossification of the heart. 



Heaves. — This is a term in frequent use, but not so well under- 

 stood as it ought to be, seeing its importance as to the proper value 

 of an animal. Heaves, then, may be defined as a difficulty in 

 breathing, whereby the value and usefulness of the horse is 

 seriously impaired. There is every degree of intensity to be seen 

 in this disease. Some animals are so seriously affected, that it is 

 hard to look at the terrible efforts made in the act of respiration. 

 The deep and not sufFered-to-be-completed respiration tells the 

 tale of great asthmatic effort and oppression. In others, it is so 

 slight that onl}^ experts can observe it ; not from the quickness of 

 breathing, nor yet from its depth, but from a peculiar double beat 

 or hitch, differing from all other varieties of breathing, either of 

 fever, inflammation, or debility. 



