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Pharyngitis is occasionally present in niild form, as 

 the result of a cold. It often arises as a complication of 

 other diseases. Except the irritation of foreign bodies, as 

 corrosive poisons, and when due to bones of a sharp na- 

 ture being caught in this region back of the tongue, it is 

 seldom serious. When a dog can not swallow perfectly 

 well, a careful examination should always be made. 



Treatment is best carried out by attention to the gen- 

 eral health, especially to the bowels, by administering 

 warm liquid food and by careful nursing. The hot food 

 acts in a soothing way. A little at a time and often, as in 

 laryngitis, is best. 



If there is not much fever, the prescription recom- 

 mended for blain will prove helpful. But if the stomach 

 is disordered, this remedy is contra-indicated. 



FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE DIGESTIVE 

 ORGANS. 



The term indigestion is very vague, implying imper- 

 fect discharge of the functions of the digestive tract, and 

 is also often associated with certain positive ailments. 

 Many of the same symptoms that manifest themselves in 

 consequence of actual structural or organic disease mark 

 derangements that are purely functional i. e., not asso- 

 ciated with any changes of structure visible to the naked 

 eye or by the aid of a microscope. In the dog these are 

 very frequent. 



Salivation as one of these has been noticed already. 



Vomiting is one of the easiest acts for the dog, for- 

 tunately, and saves him many ills that we ourselves, and 



especially the horse and ruminants, must suffer from. 



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