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erin in which to suspend it. This is then given every 

 three or four hours with a dose syringe. Keep this creo- 

 sote treatment up until real improvement is seen, after 

 which it should be continued another day or two. Follow 

 with general tonics. 



The feeding and watering instructions that were given 

 for mild cases should be followed in all forms. Abscesses 

 are to be opened when the conditions are favorable, and 

 treated as they would be treated in any other region. 



If a case should prove indifferent or unusually stub- 

 born under this line of treatment, stop everything and 

 give three or four large doses of potassium iodid, say 

 two drams, every three hours untU three doses have been 

 given. Then begin again with the creosote treatment. 



"When tracheotomy is necessary on account of serious 

 dyspnea, perform tracheotomy as ordinarily done. 



Cases of acute infectious pharyngitis occurring in 

 stables, the horses of which are not known to be immune, 

 should be isolated and handled in every way as though 

 affected with a contagious disease. 



FuUness in the pharyngeal region may remain in 

 those animals in which the disease has been complicated 

 by the formation of abscesses. This may be dispersed 

 by the use of iodids internally and massage with oily 

 preparations of iodin locally. 



In some cases a tenacious cough remains for weeks 

 after all other signs of the disease have disappeared. 

 This cough does not always yield to the same treatment. 

 Some cases respond rapidly to ordinary cough mixtures ; 

 some are cured by a few medicinal doses of potassium 

 dichromate, while an occasional case may prove stub- 

 born under any and all forms of handling. In a few 

 instances there has remained a permanent dyspnea of 

 a mild character. 



During the course of an attack of this disease, I have 



