LARYNGITIS, OR "SORE THROAT." 



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few repetitions of this will cause the nose to run freely. Nurse by 

 giving bran mashes, boiled oats, etc. Rest and care will usually 

 do the rest. In mild cases it is not necessary to use the nose-bag. 

 A few doses of tartar emetic and nitrate of potash may be given 

 daily in a bran mash, and thfe throat rubbed with a stimulating lin- 

 iment. If there is much inflammation of the throat and air-pas- 

 sages, any good liniment may be applied on the throat an,d around 

 the chest, and bandaged as shown in the figure. 



Laryngitis, or " Sore Throat," 



consists of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the head of the 



windpipe (larynx). It is generally called 



" sore throat," and is a very common 



affection among horses, occurring in a 



variety of forms, being sometimes of a 



very acute nature, and running its course 



with great rapidity ; in other cases of a 



milder type, and assuming what may be 



called a sub-acute form. 



Cbuses are similar to catarrh, as undue 

 exposure to cold and variations in the 

 temperature ; but in some seasons it ap- 

 pears as an epizootic disease, large numbers of horses becoming 

 affected With it about the same time. These cases are always of a 

 typhoid nature, more especially when occurring in stables insuf- 

 ficiently ventilated. 



Symptoms of" sore throat " 

 are well marked. The horse 

 holds his head stiff, with his 

 nose poked out, showing 

 the muscles of the neck 

 prominently ; he has con- 

 siderable difficulty in swal- 

 lowing ; if he attempts to 

 drink, part of the water i6 

 returned through his nos- 

 trils ; the throat is painful 

 to the touch, and the least 

 ^pressure excites a violent fit 

 of coughing. At the com- 

 mencement of the disease it is difficult to distinguish it from " dis- 

 temper" (strangles). By the third or fourth day the difference can 



Fig. 784.— Simple Method of 

 Covering the Throat. 



Pig. 785.— Method of Covering the Throat and 

 Chest for Laryngitis. From Mayhew. 



