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the epiglottis turned completely over, having passed between 
the two arytenoid cartilages. This I corrected by putting 
one finger under it and turning it over to its normal position. 
Thought that this might be the cause of choking, but as soon 
as I took my hand out of his mouth he had the same symp¬ 
toms as before mentioned. Then made up my mind the ob¬ 
struction was lodged in the thoracic portion of the oesopha¬ 
gus, so I administered linseed oil with a horn very slowly. 
This he swallowed without coughing until I finished, when he 
made iOne good cough and some returned through his nos- 
tiils. Put horse back in his stall and he laid down immediately; 
watched him about ten minutes, during which time he was 
very quiet, and without any more coughing; then went to 
breakfast; told the man to watch him while I was away ; re¬ 
turned in three-quarters of an hour and found him standing 
up ; the man said he had been very easy ; watched him for a 
few minutes ; he seemed to be all right and was drying off, 
d s c h a rge d him, at same time telling the stableman not 
to feed any more corn. 
I was called again on Tuesday morning to see the same 
horse, with history that he had left his feed that morning and 
was quite sick. On examination found horse had a temper¬ 
ature of 103!° Fpulse 68, respiration 70 ; visible mucus mem¬ 
branes congested; prune-juice discharge from nostrils; aus¬ 
cultation and percussion showed pneumonia of the left lung. 
Advised owner to send him to hospital, where he arrived about 
4 P.M. Tie then had a temperature io4§-° F., pulse 76, respira¬ 
tion 76, and labored, the membranes congested, the discharge 
from the nose was mixed with blood, horse hung his head al¬ 
most to the ground, and was very weak. Auscultation showed 
increased respiratory murmur in the upper part of each lung, 
and a complete loss of it in the lower portion about one-third 
way up. On percussion got a straight line of flatness about 
same distance up ; very slight fetid odor to breath ; took the 
temperature again at night before retiring ; it had risen then 
to ^05 F., and the pulse was so fast and weak could scarcely 
count the beats. The fetid breath had now become well marked. 
Fiom 10:30 A.M. to iip.m. the temperature had risen i|° F., 
