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crico-.thyroid membrane the patient instantly coughs and throws 

 up the head to avoid a repetition of the suffering. This tenderr 

 ness of the larynx to touch is peculiar to laryngitis and serves to 

 distinguish it from pharyngitis. The cough is at first very hard 

 and painful and only gives way to a soft mucous type when a free 

 mucous exudation puts an end to the tense, thickened and dry 

 state of the mucous membrane. The inspiratory act is accom- 

 panied by a whistling or deep bass sound, particularly after the 

 slightest exertion. This may be heard at times during expiration 

 as well, though not invariably so. Sometimes the animal drops 

 the food from his mouth after mastication, because of the pain 

 attendant on swallowing, but this is really a symptom of coexist- 

 ing pharyngitis, and its absence implies the nonexistence of that 

 complication. There is usually a slight pasty swelling between 

 the branches of the lower jaw. 



There are besides the general symptoms of fever more or less 

 marked, such as increaised temperature, accelerated pulse, red in- 

 jected eyes and nose, slightly hastened breathing, the expiration 

 being effected by a double lifting of the flank as in broken wind , 

 etc. 



In two or three days in favorable cases exudation takes place 

 from the mucous membrane, the cough becomes softer and less 

 frequent, the local tenderness decreases and the general symptoms 

 subside. 



If otherwise the symptoms may become more intense, and 

 breathing may get loud and difficult in connection with thicken- 

 ing and rigidity of the mucous membrane, or a serous exudation 

 into it and beneath it (oedema glottidis) which by closing the 

 glottis renders breathing almost impossible. The same distress- 

 ing symptoms may arise from spasm of the larynx excited by the 

 inflammatory action. As arising from thickening or inflltration 

 of the membrane these symptoms may come on comparatively 

 slowly, but in the case of spasm they appear suddenly and have 

 periods of intermission, reappearing on succeeding days and 

 usually at the earlier part of the night. In such circumstances 

 the loud, noisy breathing is heard at a comsiderable distance, the 

 horse stands obstinately still, the fore feet apart, his elbows turned 

 out to allow a firm action of the chest, the flanks working 

 laboriously, the head low, the nose protruded, the nostrils widely 



