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it is generally easily removed with the finger. 

 Failing this, forceps must be used ; but the 

 symptoms are often very distressing, and prompt 

 relief is necessary. When the bone has passed 

 far down in the gullet and become fixed 

 just over the heart, relief is much more difficult. 

 Sometimes if the dog can be induced to take a 

 few pieces of meat it will force it on. If this 

 fails, forceps must be tried, and if the bone 

 cannot be removed with them, then one must 

 try to push it downwards into the stomach with 

 a probang. Too much force must not be used 

 or the gullet may be ruptured, which is fatal. If 

 it cannot be removed, the dog must be fed on 

 liquid food, and in time the points of the bone 

 may become dissolved, and then it will be easier 

 to push it down with a probang. 



In removing needles from the back of the 

 tongue or fauces, which is best done with forceps, 

 care must be taken not to break them. The 

 tongue should be drawn well forward out of the 

 mouth by taking hold of it with a cloth so as to 

 bring into view the back of the tongue and fauces. 



Chorea, St. Vitus's Dance : 



Symptoms ; Irregular contraction of the muscles. 

 Almost any part of the body may be affected, and 

 even the tongue, the dog poking it out of the 

 mouth constantly. But the disease more often 

 affects the limbs, perhaps one fore leg and one 

 hind leg, or the muscles of the shoulder and 

 neck ; occasionally the muscles of the abdomen, 

 the dog always appearing to be suffering from 

 hiccough. The temporal muscle is a common 



