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so imminent as to render tracheotomy imperative. Nor 

 is the formation of the tumour necessarily confined to 

 the glands in the region of the throat, for cases have 

 cccurred where it has been discovered, not only in in- 

 ternal glandular structures, but even apart from these 

 altogether. Fortunately, however, such cases are the 

 exception, not the rule. 



Although I have known of cases of strangles occurring 

 in young horses at grass, there can be no doubt that 

 the time it is most apt to occur is when they are first 

 put into training, or when they are brought up from 

 country to town stables, indicating the necessity for the 

 exercise of unusual care both as to diet and good stable 

 management en such occasions. The change from grass 

 to the ordinary stable rations should be brought about 

 gradually, and the old-fashioned and salutary rule of 

 always giving a horse fresh from pasture a purgative 

 ball has much to commend it. Nor should a young 

 horse be stabled with others until he has been first 

 seasoned in a loose box, the half door of which should 

 be left open day and night, a rule which should be 

 observed as far as possible even in the case of old animals 

 when brought up from grass. 



As to the necessary treatment of the complaint, good 

 nursing is the first consideration (see Nursing), and, 

 bearing in mind that the disease invariably runs a 



