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snoring sound; abundant flow of saliva from the mouth, with the 
return of food through the nostrils. The treatment consisted in 
the allowance of a liberal diet, the administration of iodine with 
tonics, and the free application (aided by friction) of the Ungt. 
Hydr. Iodid. to the throat. Under this treatment, which was 
continued for six weeks, he improved, but as soon as it was dis¬ 
continued he gradually relapsed into his former state, the whole 
of the symptoms becoming much aggravated. The nose was 
protruded as in strangles, and the larynx much depressed, with 
rapidly-increasing emaciation. As further treatment was deemed 
hopeless, nothing more was done, and at the end of six weeks his 
death was determined on. By this time the tumour had increased 
considerably in size, and, either from its greater solidity or 
dimensions, was more perceptible to the touch. The appearance 
of the animal was more haggard and distressing. The dysphagia 
was great, f swallowing having evidently become a matter of 
instinctive arrangement with the poor brute, as he would take a 
mouthful of hay and masticate it well, then hesitate as to its 
disposal. Having made up his mind that it was necessary for his 
nutrition, the head was thrown backwards and upwards, when a 
great attempt was made to swallow the pellet, but frequently this 
attempt failed, and it was cast from the mouth with a violent 
cough/ ‘ Many of the symptoms/ says Mr. Kettle, ‘ simulated 
those of strangles, except in the depression of the larynx below 
the angle of the inferior maxillary bone, and the non-diffusible 
character of the swelling/ 
f “ The horse had been perfectly healthy up to the month of 
^February, was eleven years old, and on post-mortem examination 
no other lesions were discovered than the tumour under consi¬ 
deration. 
“ On examining the tumour in situ, I found that it was about 
a pound in weight, lobulated on its anterior extremity, irregularly 
flatf 3d in outline, dense in structure, perfectly isolated, except 
anteriorly, where it was intimately adherent to the mucous mem- 
brai J of the fauces; and, when deprived of its investing cellular 
tissue, of a yellow colour. On cutting into it, in several places 
the knife came in contact with calcareous deposits, and every¬ 
where grated more or less. Microscopically, it presented all the 
characteristics of tubercle in its various stages. The tumour was 
situated immediately between the superior cornua of the os hyoides 
and the guttural pouches, having the longus colli and rectus 
capitus anticus major muscles above it, the fauces anteriorly, and 
the larynx and pharynx below it; the carotid artery, pneumo- 
gastric, glosso-pharyngeal and sympathetic nerves being intimately 
adherent on its left side. 
“ Query —Would tracheotomy have enabled the animal to 
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