C Roaring in Horses. 



the first devoted to it, after contributing an article on it to 

 Nobel and Vix's professional journal.i Gerlach bas de- 

 scribed it in his classical work on " Veterinary Jurispru- 

 dence,"-! quoting Fiirstenberg as an observer; Giinther, 

 jun., in his " Myology of the Horse,"^ alludes to it ; and in 

 Gurlt and Hertwig's " Magazin" are to be found excellent 

 papers by Becker (1838), Meeke (1839), Hert^vig (1841), 

 Kielzel and Swanshon (1848), and Gerlach (1862). In 

 Hering's Stuttgart " Kepertorium fiir Thicrheilkunde," in the 

 Vienna " Vierteljahresschrift fiir Thiermedicin," in the 

 Munich " Deutsche Zeitschrift fiir Thiermedicin " (1887), in 

 the "Oesterr.Monatsschriftfiir Thierheilkunde " (1885), and 

 in the " Wochenschrift fiir Thierheilkunde und Viehzucht," 

 have appeared papers by various writers, who designate it 

 by the names by which it is popularly known in Germany 

 ^as " Hartschnaufen," " Kehlkopfeifen," " Pfeiferdampf," 

 " Rohren," " Hartschnaufigkeit," " Dampf," etc. But the 

 best treatise on the subject which has been published in 

 Germany, is that issued in the present year by Professor 

 Moller, of the Berlin Veterinary School.* 



In Italy, where Roaring is known as " Corneggio," "Ran- 

 tolo," " Rantolo laringeo," it has been the object of careful 

 investigation for many years. Professor Bassi, of the Turin 

 Veterinary School, having devoted much attention to it ; 

 while in Denmark, where it is designated "Lungpiben,'' 

 Professors Bagge* and Stockfleth,'' of the Copenhagen Vete- 

 rinary School, have added to the literature of the subject. 



In England, it is not until we reach the present century 

 that we find Roaring mentioned, when the term was 



'■ " Zeitschrift fiir Thierheilkunde und Viehzucht," Band i., 1834. 



- " Gerichtliche Thierheilkunde," Band ii., p. 244, Berlin, ISO'i • 

 and " Hannoverische Jahresberichte," 18G9. 



' " Die Topographische Myologie des Pferdes," Hanover, 1866. 



■> " Das Kehlkopf-Pfeif en der Pf erde," Stuttgart, 1888. 



^ " Tideskrift fur Veterinarer," Band viii. 



° " Tideskrif t fur Veterinarer," Band vi. xvii.; and "Handbuch 

 der Thierarztlichen Chirurgie," Leipzig, 1881. 



