TRACHEOTOMY. 



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other practitioners have got equally favourable results " (Pencil). 

 'I'racheotomy has enabled many horses, especially steeple-chasers, 

 to win races. In one cross-country race a few years ago, all the 

 " placed "' horses carried tubes in their throats. On the other hand, 



Fig. 175. — Improvised 

 tourniquet. 



Fig. 176. — An Esmarch bandage on 

 foreleg of horse, 



we cannot get over the fact that in the majority of cases, the full 

 action of the relief, as would be required in racing, lasts for only a 

 comparatively short time ; and very rarely, if ever, restores the 

 horse's " form " to what it would be, were he sound in wind. That 



