262 VETEEINAKY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



tous condition of it (oedema glottidis). If from the first cause, the in. 

 spiratory sound only is lieard; but if from the second, both movements 

 may be accompanied by the roaring noise, the inspiratory to a greater ex- 

 tent than the expiratory. 



When the tumor forms regularly in the submaxillary space, and is of 

 the ordinary size, the abscess generally comes to maturity without much 

 trouble or inconvenience. 



If, however, it is situated high up towards the parotid glands, the 

 distress in the breathing will often be very great, and the feverish symp- 

 toms will run high. The noisy breathing, which forms so marked a 

 feature in most severe cases, and from which the disease obtains its 

 name, is owing chiefly to the tumor j^ressing on the larynx, and partly 

 also to the inflamed and swollen state of the lining membrane of the 

 larynx, which becomes inflamed by sympathy. The tumor often becomes 

 exceedingly large, and the patient may get excessively weak from being 

 unable to masticate his food. In some cases the animal may be in dan- 

 ger of suffocation from obstruction of the breathing caused by the size 

 and situation of the tumor. 



Treatment. — As strangles runs a specific course, the great object in 

 treatment is to assist nature to develop the eruption fully and quickly. 

 Never do anything to check it or cause its absorption, it would be very 

 apt to fly to another, and perhaps to some internal glandular structure. 

 Nourishing food is a first requisite, and as his throat is sore, he can 

 take nothing but soft food. Hence good nursing becomes the main point 

 in the treatment. 



The patient's appetite must be carefully watched and tempted with 

 anything that he will eat. In bad cases, grass is not only the best, but 

 is often the only food that the animal can be tempted to swallow or to 

 attempt to swallow. Carrots finely cut lengthways are the best substi- 

 tute when grass cannot be obtained. Bran mash is sometimes palatable 

 for a day or two, but in general it soon becomes distasteful. Linseed 

 gruel carefully and wisely prepared may also be offered. If the patient 

 is able to eat, he should be supi^lied with oats softened by boiling water 

 poured over it, with the addition of bran and linseed meal, "Whatever 

 food is offered him must be in a softened condition. Sometimes hay, 

 cut and soaked m boiling water, is also palatable. The steam arising 

 from it will also be found to be beneficial by soothing the inflamed 

 surface. 



