The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . functions; in some cases by a permanentthickening of the parts, and in others by adhesion and the the aid of auscultation, that is, the application of theear to the parts to be examined, the slightest change in thenormal and healthy condition of the respiratory organs maybe detected, and the various parts involved in inflammatoryaction may be pointed out with a considerable degree of cer-tainty. With
The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . functions; in some cases by a permanentthickening of the parts, and in others by adhesion and the the aid of auscultation, that is, the application of theear to the parts to be examined, the slightest change in thenormal and healthy condition of the respiratory organs maybe detected, and the various parts involved in inflammatoryaction may be pointed out with a considerable degree of cer-tainty. With thus much of introduction we proceed to thaconsideration of the various diseases naturally falling under ouypresent division. SOKE THROAT. Sore throat is a common attendant upon catarrhal affec-tions. When it is confined to that portion of the throat at the root of thetongue, which iaknown to medica]men as the larynx,^ it is called ; and this pariis the commotseat of this diaease, from whicl,it extends down THE SADDLE HOBSE. ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ windpipe, to the lungs. As long as the throat remains ver;;;sx>re, it is a pretty good evidence that the lungs are not affecte(J-. SORE THROAT. 233 This disease may exist either in an acute, sub-acute, or chronicform. When acute, its management is simple and usually suc-cessful ; but if it is neglected in this early stage, it not unfre-quently proves troublesome, and in some cases leaves theanimal permanently unsound, terminating in wheezing, whist-ling, roaring, or broken-wiudedness. The symptoms of sore throat are easily detected by the or-dinary observer. According to the intensity of the diseasethere is an accumulation of saliva in the mouth, clear, thick,and stringy, more particularly when the tongue is swollen ; astiffness of the head, the horse coughing upon the slightestpressure on the larynx; difficulty in swallowing, more par-ticularly hard grain or hay, and a consequent refusal of foodaltogether; a short, hard eough;
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