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C. H. FLYNN. 
had coughed up clots of blood the size of a tea saucer. On 
auscultating at the base of the neck I heard a loud sonorous rale, 
evidently blood. 
Diagnosis .— Choking from some sharp foreign substance such 
as tin, which had ruptured the membranes during its upward 
passage, causing the hemorrhage. 
Treatment —rest. On the 24th he was harnessed again but as 
soon as the bit was put in his mouth he began shaking his head. 
He had gone but a few steps when he fell and acted precisely the 
same as on the 21st. I was called in and saw him a few moments 
after in the same condition as he was after the first attack, with 
blood flowing quite freely. I used a speculum and passed my hand 
into the pharynx, but found nothing; I was puzzled, of course. 
After some time a diagnosis was made of spasms of the glottis, 
with a weakening of the walls of the blood vessels in that local¬ 
ity, probably the result of the punctured wound and reflex action. 
On the 27th I saw him harnessed and was on hand during this the 
third attack. He showed the same symptoms as were shown on the 
two previous occasions. He fell twice (once on me), and got up 
and commenced eating grass. While looking at him the attendant 
said: “ Doctor, there is a string hanging out of his nose ” I, 
thinking it was nothing but saliva, said : “ Wash it off.” He did so ? 
but as he touched the nose with a sponge the horse fell over back, 
ward and got up. I looked at him, and there was the string, sure 
enough. It was fast at the other end, and as he was bleeding freely 
at the time, I had him cast and then passed my hand into the 
pharynx and detached a fish hook with three feet of string attached 
to it. I found the hook fastened on the right side of the glottis. 
I then used astringent lotions, but the next day I had to perform 
tracheotomy. Next week he will be put to work, as lie is entirely 
well. 
SUPERNUMERARY INCISORS. 
By C. H. Flynn, D.V.M. 
There was brought to me to-day a six year old gelding, having 
nine well developed incisors on the lower jaw. The extra teeth 
were on the right side, anterior to the normal ones. They had 
