. The principles and practice of veterinary surgery . s S •S 0) 3 STRANGLES. 47 divide two or three clearly across, and introduce the tube, takingcare in doing so that the divided rings are not pressed into thetrachea. The tracheotomy tube must be taken out daily and both itand the wound thoroughly cleansed. There is no need for castiag the horse for this operation; ifit be quickly done, there is scarcely a necessity for the twitch,as the poor animal is too ill to be very unruly. The tubeshould be kept in until it is manifest that the animal is ableto breathe freely through the nostrils. This
. The principles and practice of veterinary surgery . s S •S 0) 3 STRANGLES. 47 divide two or three clearly across, and introduce the tube, takingcare in doing so that the divided rings are not pressed into thetrachea. The tracheotomy tube must be taken out daily and both itand the wound thoroughly cleansed. There is no need for castiag the horse for this operation; ifit be quickly done, there is scarcely a necessity for the twitch,as the poor animal is too ill to be very unruly. The tubeshould be kept in until it is manifest that the animal is ableto breathe freely through the nostrils. This is ascertained byputting the hand over the tube for a few minutes, when, if thepatient breathes naturally and without distress, it may be re-moved, and the lips of the wound brought together by metallicsutures. In a period varying from a day to a week after the first symp-toms, the local manifestations of strangles are developed, andunto, these are apparent, the disease is classified as laryngitis. The local lesions are generally much more severe
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