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DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS. 



local bleeding is not practicable; a general bleeding, which is 

 difficult to obtain in any quantity (ears, tail, inferior lingual vein, 

 great saphena), is counter-indicated, for excitement and crying 

 must be avoided as much as possible. Nitrates, alkalines, ex- 

 pectorants, and ammonia are almost without effect. When deglu- 

 tition is almost impossible, internal treatment must be abandoned, 

 or there would be danger of provoking pneumonia. The veteri- 

 narian is almost always called too late, and he has often to advise 

 killing the animals, unless the owners decide to run the chances 

 of a cure, on account of the condition of gestation, or the value of 

 the animals as breeding-stock. 



Priessnitz's compresses are still the most useful means that may 

 be employed, if circumstances allow it and the necessary assistance 

 is at hand. 



The convalescent animals ought to remain indoors for a certain 

 time before following the herd. 



2. In the dog. Pharyngitis of the dog is quite common, and 

 has a remarkable tendency to return. The best trained races 

 (shepherd and deer hounds, etc.) are most exposed to it. The 

 disease, in most cases, starts with dysphagia and ptyalism. Soon 

 the pharyngeal ganglions become inflamed and tumefied, but they 

 rarely form abscess. The swelling and redness of the mucous 

 membrane of the amygdalae, of the soft palate, etc., are easy to 

 recognize on examination of the pharynx. The course is ordi- 

 narily rapid ; there are, however, cases where the disease lasts 

 quite a long time (two to four weeks). 



The treatment consists in the application of Priessnitz's com- 

 presses, which ought to be renewed every three hours. Applica- 

 tions of camphorated ointment can also be made upon the inflamed 

 glands. 



CATARRHAL INFLAMMATION AND PURULENT 

 COLLECTION OF THE GUTTURAL POUCHES. 



Etiology. If phlegmasia of the mucous membrane forming 

 the guttural pouches, can exist as a primal aflection, it is undoubt- 

 edly extremely rare. It almost always accompanies affections of 

 the pharynx, or parotitis, and in most cases it originates from 



