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The Operation of Arytænoidectomy for Roaring
The OPeration of Arytcenoidectcmy jor Roarz"ng. THE
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OF ARYT.tENOIDECTOMY FOR ROARING. ON February 8th, 1889, two horses belonging to the Royal Artillery (Nos. 196 and 2,523, F Battery) were operated upon by Mr. Kaye Lees at Newbridge, Ireland. They were such bad roarers that they were declared useless. On May 9th of that year they were discharged for duty as "reiieved," and soon after marched with their battery to Dublin. Subsequently, they marched from Liverpool to Woolwich, where they are now stationed. From Woolwich they marched during the hot weather in July, to Okehampton, in Devonshire, where the battery was sent for gun practice, returning again to Woolwich last August. On these long marches and while in camp the work was heavy and occasionally severe; yet the horses in question proved quite equal to the average Artillery horses, and maintained their condition equally well. A recent examination of them appears to have given satisfactory results. Continued pressure on the larynx for some seconds, preventing normal admission of air, when removed caused free dilatation of the nostrils, but there was no cough. Neither was there any noise in breathing, nor any abnormal movement of the flanks after a prolonged trotting of the horses with a rider on the back. At an inspection a short time ago, the inspecting General asked whether these horses were any better than they were before being operated upon, when the officer commanding the battery said, .. there was no comparison between the two conditions, as the horses were practically useless before the operation, whereas they had since afforded every proof of their utility."
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OF ARYT.tENOIDECTOMY FOR ROARING. ON February 8th, 1889, two horses belonging to the Royal Artillery (Nos. 196 and 2,523, F Battery) were operated upon by Mr. Kaye Lees at Newbridge, Ireland. They were such bad roarers that they were declared useless. On May 9th of that year they were discharged for duty as "reiieved," and soon after marched with their battery to Dublin. Subsequently, they marched from Liverpool to Woolwich, where they are now stationed. From Woolwich they marched during the hot weather in July, to Okehampton, in Devonshire, where the battery was sent for gun practice, returning again to Woolwich last August. On these long marches and while in camp the work was heavy and occasionally severe; yet the horses in question proved quite equal to the average Artillery horses, and maintained their condition equally well. A recent examination of them appears to have given satisfactory results. Continued pressure on the larynx for some seconds, preventing normal admission of air, when removed caused free dilatation of the nostrils, but there was no cough. Neither was there any noise in breathing, nor any abnormal movement of the flanks after a prolonged trotting of the horses with a rider on the back. At an inspection a short time ago, the inspecting General asked whether these horses were any better than they were before being operated upon, when the officer commanding the battery said, .. there was no comparison between the two conditions, as the horses were practically useless before the operation, whereas they had since afforded every proof of their utility."