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THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF 



gial membrane, or that which lines the pharynx, yet it is so 

 arranged as to admit of considerable distention. 



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SECTION OF A COW'S STOMACH. 



Explanation. — 1. A portion of the oesophagus, or gullet. 2. The ter- 

 minating portion of the gullet. 3, 3. Lining membrane of the first compart- 

 ment of the stomach. 4, 4. Portions of the mucous membrane of the second 

 compartment of the stomach, dissected and raised, so as to show the muscular 

 mechanism beneath it. 6, 6. The lips of the demi-canal, -which are the bound- 

 aries of the groove. At the lower part is the entrance into the third com- 

 partment of the stomach, termed " many-plies." 



FOREIGN BODIES IN THE GULLET. 



When an animal attempts to swallow a substance too large 

 for the calibre of the oesophagus, it becomes impacted in the 

 same, and the creature is said to be choked, and on examining 

 the left side of the neck the foreign body can be both seen and 

 felt. When an accident of this character occurs, half a pint of 

 olive oil should immediately be administered ; this will lubricule 



