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the gullet. In a very extensive practice, embracing many- 

 years, I have never seen a case of choking in the horse, 

 except on a few occasions, and then it was only a ball of 

 aloes sticking in the throat. If a ball of any thickness 

 stick in its passage to the stomach, and it have passed 

 down some distance, it is called low choke, and is not so 

 dangerous as if it stick in the entrance to the gullet — 

 Jiigh choke. 



Treatment. — In low 'choke, press down with the hand 

 over the substance in the gullet, and try to move it. Do 

 this not too strongly, but continue it for a time. If un- 

 successful, one pint of fish, sweet, or linseed oil, melted 

 lard, or sirup of any kind, will be apt to move the sub- 

 stance on its way down. If these should fail after a good 

 trial, then have the guile!; opened right over the substance, 

 and take it out, and put in one, two, or three stitches, 

 with strong saddlers' silk. Make the stitches separately 

 from each others for if this be not done, and one break, 

 the others will also become loose. 



In high choke, the irritation and excitement are great, 

 which prevent much being done to relieve the animal. 

 Try the oil, and see what can be done in that way. The 

 treatment is purely mechanical, so use ingenuity to over- 

 come the difficulty. ^ 



Chorea. — This is a rare disease in the horse, but com- 

 mon in dogs. It accompanies cases of madness in all 

 animals, and depends upon mervous excitement, which is 

 seen in the constant twitching of the muscles of the body. 

 It is clearly sympathetic in its character. 



Treatment, — Removal of the cause, whatever that 

 may be. 



Cold. 



Symptoms. — Cough slight, fever, and discharge more 



