CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE ix 



I. HISTORY or ROARING - 1 



II. VARIOUS CAUSES OF NOISY RESPIRATION 15 



III. PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC ROARING 21 



IV. PREDISPOSING CAUSES OF CHRONIC ROARING 39 



1. Climate 39 



2. Heredity - 41 



3. Breed - - - 46 



4. Sex - 48 



5. Size 50 



6. Age 52 



7. Conformation 53 



8. Management 55 



9. ^ccideiitoZ Causes - 57 



V. SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS OP CHRONIC ROARING 59 



1. Stridor - 60 



2. Dyspnoea 64 



3. The Cough - 66 

 Diagnosis - 67 



VI. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OP THE LARYNX - 72 



Anatomy of the Larynx 73 



Cartilages 74 



