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colics, etc., is that many able veterinarians have taken exception 
to the virtue claimed for it, while I feel confident it has all the 
merit, when properly administered, its advocates claim for it. 
Until this drug was introduced, the general principle of treating 
colic, etc., was direct opposites, such as opium in some form, and 
oils, aloes, etc., one directly counteracting the other, which 
appears to me as being inconsistent. 
UNUSUAL SEQUEL OF TRACHEOTOMY. 
A Paper read before the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, by 
Dr. J. McClintook, V.S. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen : 
My motive is to bring before the profession something new 
and experimental on my part, which I am pleased to say has sur¬ 
passed my expectations. 
In June last I was called to see a valuable filly about six 
weeks old suffering from strangles, the abscess having only 
appeared in the form of a tense swelling, not large or well-de¬ 
fined, with difficult breathing. I applied a stimulating liniment, 
steamed and used warm poultices of bran; good care, gave a few 
doses of febrifuge medicine and tonics. Paid another visit 
twenty-four hours after, and found the little animal nearly suffo¬ 
cated, when I concluded the only way to save life or prolong it 
was to perform the operation of tracheotomy, which I proceeded 
to do. The trachea being too small to admit a tube of the usual 
size, I introduced a wire suture through the muscles on each side 
and tied over the neck, but finding that air was not admitted 
sufficiently I cut one ring of the trachea across, and removed a 
quarter of an inch from each end, after which it breathed freely. 
About six days after I opened the abscess and closed the wound 
in trachea by sutures. About three weeks after it was in the 
field and apparently well, when a cold rain and thunder storm 
came up and got the filly thoroughly wet, after which difficult 
breathing again took place, and it became necessary to perform 
tracheotomy. This time I introduced the tube, which was 
