ROARING IN HORSES. 17 



It had begun to be considered that chronic 

 roaring was an incurable disease, and ought 

 to be classed among those affections where 

 a palliative treatment could alone be looked 

 for ; and that the only means in these cases 

 was to perform tracheotomy in order to be 

 able to utilise the animals affected by it. 

 Nevertheless, for a long time the insufficient 

 nature of the remedies in use, as well as 

 the serious inconveniences and the possible 

 accidents which result from tracheotomy, 

 gave rise to the idea of a direct surgical 

 intervention on the deformed part of the 

 larynx. It was sought to do away with 

 the obstacle which prevented free respiration 

 by lowering the arytenoid and changing the 

 position of the vocal cord by excising those 

 organs. 



It is to Gimther, Professor of the Veterinary 



