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will try to drink by the hour, and apparently does so, but the water in 

 the pail does not lower ; food returns through the nostrils or is dropped 

 from the mouth quidded. There is no apparent obstruction and no 

 symptoms except that the parts are flabby to the touch. 



"What to Do. Treatment is very unsatisfactory. Apply some blis- 

 ters behind and under jaw. Swab mouth frequently with alum or chlorate 

 of potash, one ounce to a pint of water, by means of sponge on end of 

 stick. Strychnine is the best thing to be used to overcome this paralysis, 

 and should be given in one-grain doses three or four times a day. This 

 medicine should be given as a hyperdermic injection deep into the 

 pharnyx. As a rule the external blister, frequent swabbing as above, 

 and a nerve stimulant are all that can be done. 



Abscesses in the Pharnyx. Symptoms resemble laryngitis or 

 distemper. If breathing is interfered with, which increases, and with- 

 out swelling or only slight and increasing fullness there may be an ab- 

 scess in this location. About all that can be done, is to hurry the ripen- 

 ing of abscess, by steaming with hops, or hay. If the abscess can be felt 

 through the mouth call a veterinarian to open it. 



DISEASES OF THE GULLET. 



Choking". The mechanical trouble of choking is quite common. It 

 is often caused when the animal is suddenly startled while eating apples 

 or roots, and we should never suddenly approach or put a dog after 

 horses or cows that are feeding upon such substances. If left alone they 

 rarely choke, but if startled the>' try to swallow before the food is proper- 

 ly masticated and choking is the result. Choking also arises from horses 

 bolting their food, hence avoid narrow deep grain mangers. Wheat 

 chaff is also a frequent source of choke. Whatever the object causing 

 the choking it may lodge in the upper part of the oesophagus (pharynegeal 

 choke) in the middle part (cervical choke) or close to the stomach 

 (thoracic choke). The symptoms will vary according to position of the 

 body causing the choke. 



Pharyngeal Choke. The object is lodged in upper portion of the 

 oesophagus. Animal in great distress; hurried breathing; frequent 

 cough; sweating; trembling or stamping of fore- feet. Abdomen rapidly 

 distend with gas. The object can usually be felt in the upper part of 

 the throat, and can be removed by the hand. 



Cervical Choke. The object is lodged anywhere between the 

 throat-latch and the shoulder. The object can be both seen and felt. 



