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fy Camphorae .... ^j. 

 Pulv. aluminis . . . Jij. 

 Theriacse .... Jxx. 

 Mix. A table-spoonful every three or four hours to horse 

 or ox. 



In the dog, laryngitis is best treated by the internal ad- 

 ministration of potassio-tartrate of antimony, in very small 

 doses, frequently repeated. I often prescribe as follows: 



fy Antim. pot. tart. . . 1 gr. 



Pot. nitr. . . . 3j. 



Sacchari albi pulv. . . 3j. 



Mix. Divide into twelve powders. One to be given 

 thrice daily. 



An ample mustard poultice, applied to the throat in any 

 animal, is of great use. Stimulating liniments or blisters are 

 frequently used. 



MALIGNANT SOEE THROAT (EDEMA GLOTTIDIS. 

 This disease affects horses and cattle. It is characterised 

 by rapid exudation around the laryngeal opening, attended 

 by great difficulty of breathing, and death, unless early relief 

 is afforded by tracheotomy. Mr Percivall says : 



" My attention was first drawn to this sad and fatal disease, through 

 the Veterinarian, by Mr Thomas Proctor, V.S., Solihul, who kindly, in 

 October 1850, sent me an extremely interesting account of it, from 

 which I am about to take the remarks here offered to the notice of my 

 reader : 



" Cattle as well as horses are subject to it, and in Mr Proctor's prac- 

 tice, although * scores of cases ' have presented themselves, they have 

 all of them proved fatal. 



" The symptoms differ from those of ordinary or catarrhal sore throat, 

 in the disease being sudden in its attack, and rapidly running its 



