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become very slight, and the poulticing may be discontinued. The 

 wound should be sponged with tepid water once a day and a little of 

 the following lotion afterwards applied: Carbolic acid, 1 dram; water, 

 8 ounces. In some cases, after poulticing for four or "five days, there 

 will be no indication of softening at any point, and that treatment may 

 therefore be discontinued, and then the swollen gland should be gently 

 rubbed once a day with camphorated oil. If this fails to promote 

 absorption or bring about a gradual dispersion of the swelling, then to 

 attain this object the swelling may be painted with tincture of iodine 

 twice a day or nibbed once a day with compound iodine ointment. 

 When the swollen gland is not being poulticed it should be covered with 

 a piece of flannel. The diet of the animal should consist of soft food 

 while it is under treatment; . 



PHARYNGEAL POLYPI. 



Tumors form not infrequently in the pharynx, and when they increase 

 in size may give rise to a train of symptoms varying according to the 

 situation which they occupy in that part. The tumor may be so situ- 

 ated that by shifting its position a little it may partially obstruct the 

 posterior nares (nostrils), when, of course, it will render nasal breath- 

 ing very noisy and labored. In another situation its partial displace- 

 ment may impede the entrance of air into the larynx. In almost any 

 part of the pharynx, but especially near the entrance of the gullet, they 

 will interfere with the act of swallowing, and this fact is so generally 

 recognized in some parts of Germany that whenever an animal begins 

 to lose condition it is said to have a " growth " in its throat. As these 

 tumors are frequently attached to the wall of the pharynx by a pedicel 

 or stalk, it will be seen that they may readily be displaced in different 

 directions so as to produce the symptoms before described. 



Treatment. The method of treatment followed in such cases is to 

 separate the animal's jaws with an instrument termed a gag, and then 

 after drawing the tongue partially forward to pass the hand into the 

 pharynx and to wrench or twist the tumor from its attachment. One 

 veterinarian who has had considerable practice in treating this form of 

 disease scrapes through the attachment of the tumor gradually with 

 his thumb nail. In cases where the attachment is too strong to be sev- 

 ered in this way an instrument like a thimble, but possessing a sharp 

 edge at the end, might be used to effect the same purpose. As it is 

 impossible to use a knife in the pharynx the suggestion here made 

 might in the future be carried out with advantage. 



CHOKING. 



This accident usually happens from attempting to swallow too large 

 an object, such as a turnip, potato, beet, or an apple or pear, though in 

 rare cases choking may occur from bran, chaff, or some other finely 



