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pipe-like opening (fistula) from the parotid duct, through the 

 little salivary canal having been pierced or wounded; when this 

 is the case, the saliva continues to pour out externally so long as 

 mastication proceeds, and is consequently wasted. These cases 

 are frequently somewhat difficult to cure, but to effect a union of 

 the adjacent parts, the edges of the wound may be lightly dressed 

 with Nitrate of silver, and thereafter an adhesive plaster placed 

 right over the part; the horse must be kept for some days on 

 liquid nutriment to obviate the necessity of mastication, and so 

 keep the gland in a state of quiescence; milk, beef tea and linseed 

 _gruel may be tried with probable success; the horse should be 

 tied up short at the rack to prevent it from eating its bed and also 

 from keeping the head in a dependent position; nor should the 

 animal be allowed to lie down for several days until the plaster is 

 remo\'ed. 



PHARYNGITIS— INFI.AMMATION OF PHARYNX- 

 SORE THROAT. 



This condition is usually first declared by a cough, but so far 

 as the distinguishing characteristics go, they are by no means 

 easy to define; some are hoarse, rough, and short, others soft, 

 Aveak, and prolonged, according to the extent of the inflammation 

 and how long it has existed; one of the most reliable indications 

 is the amount of soreness displayed on handling the throat exter- 

 nally, and also the extent of redness exhibited about the throa<- 

 at the back of the tongue, and in the region of the tonsils; inflam 

 mation of the pharynx does often occur in conjunction with influ- 

 ■enza, or any fever in which the air passages are involved, but at the 

 present we are considering it as the primary disease in which sore 

 throat is the most pronounced symptom : of this leading indica- 

 tion we have minor or detailed symptoms such as difficulty of 

 ■sivallozving ; the effort to swallow food brings on a couo-h- the 

 same applies to liquids, which are sometimes returned through the 

 nose; at others the difficulty of swallowing saliva is apparent bv 

 the fact of the horse every now and again drawing his nose in 

 towards his chin, just as a man would under similar circumstances, 

 while partaking of food or water produces no sensation of pain; 

 it is reallj^ nothing more nor less than a sore throat, but the rem- 

 ■edy for this is not always easy to hit off; the totality of the symp- 



