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pulpy-looking condition of the mucous membrane of the throat; 

 to discover this it is necessary to open the horse's mouth suffi- 

 ciently wide to expose to view the parts around the root of the 

 tongue and about the tonsils; if instead of looking red, as is 

 usually the case, the membrane is pale and flaccid, and here and 

 there small superficial ulcers are observable with possibly shreds 

 of flaky-looking particles adhering to the edges, it will be safe to 

 conclude that the condition for which Sa/ig-uifiar/a is useful has 

 to be contended with, and this remedy should be administered. 



Accessory Measures. — In such a disease as laryngitis, where 

 the administration of large doses is almost an impossibility and is 

 certainly attended with considerable danger to the patient, it is no 

 small advantage to have remedies prepared in a manner that ren- 

 ders their administration comparatively easy; at the same time it 

 is most important that during the acute stage, which may last 

 thirty-six hours, the nursing and dieting should be carried out 

 with an intelligent appreciation of the circumstances affecting the 

 patient; to attempt to force the animal to swallow liquid nutri- 

 ment by drenching, as is no uncommon practice among stable- 

 men, would simply prove fatal; if the animal absolutely declines 

 to take food of any sort voluntarily by the mouth, then resort 

 must be had to enemas of strong beef tea and milk; on the other 

 hand, no pains or trouble should be spared to entice the horse to 

 partake of such diet as gruel made of nourishing invalid foods; 

 carrots cut up into thin pieces and offered by hand, a bit at a 

 time; if available small handfuls of artificial grasses such as 

 clover, lucerne or sanifoin; anything, however, that requires 

 much mastication is out of the question. An outward application 

 in the form of a wafer compress, consisting of four folds of soft 

 linen dipped in cold water, wrung out and applied to the throat, 

 covered with a piece of thin oil skin supported in position b\' a 

 nice piece of thick, but soft flannel will be found more than useful 

 in allaying the inflammation and restoring tone to the weak and 

 now extremely susceptible larynx. 



ROARING. 



This is a very important subject to the horseman and the horse 

 breeder, the term roaring isonl}^ too often used indiscriminately; in 

 point of fact, although an essentially common and vulgar term, it 



