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stitutional and surgical risks already pointed out, and also the 
certainty of lowering the vitality of the patient, which is the 
physiological sequence of general anaesthesia. Careful ob ¬ 
servation combined with scientifically conducted experiments, 
will probably demonstrate that operations hitherto supposed 
to be impossible, except under a general anaesthetic, will be 
found to be not only practicable but safe under a local one. 
LARYNGITIS AND ITS RESULTS—“ VAPOR AS A THERAPEUTIC 
AGENT.” 
By L. T. Willyoung, D.V.S. 
While reading the articles in your last number on 
“ Laryngitis and Its Results,” and “ Abscess of Guttural 
Pouches,” it occurred to me to suggest a remedy which 1 
have used for some time past, which, in a measure, prevents 
the bad results following this disease, especially post-pharyn¬ 
geal and guttural abscesses. 
September 9, 1891, a chestnut gelding six years old was 
brought in for treatment. Had refused to eat; head hung 
low ; visible membranes injected and conjunctiva swollen ; 
had a very painful cough ; respirations loud and hurried ; 
pulse 70 ; temperature 106° F. All attempts at swallowing 
were unsuccessful, violent fits of coughing being produced. 
Diagnosis, acute laryngitis. Prescribed, 
I ' ft 
Cinchonidia, ) 
FI. Ext. Bellad., >- aa3ij. 
Glycerine. ) 
Tinct. Fe. 3j 
every three hours given with a syringe. Applied a mild 
embrocation to the throat; adjusted a jowl-hood, and clothed 
him warm. After twenty-four hours, as the case had not 
improved any (pulse 70, temperature 106£°), I continued 
treatment, and in addition allowed him to inhale “ vapor ” 
from vinegar placed over an oil stove, steaming him from 
thirty minutes to an hour four or five times daily. 
After two inhalations the animal’s breathing was less sono- 
