The _symptoms_ are wheezing breathing, cough, nasal discharge, ptyalism, bleeding from the nose, fœtid breath, difficult deglutition attended by cough and rejection of the ingesta through the nose, and the presence of a solid body in or on the pharynx which may be manipulated from without or within and tends to increase in size. In =dogs= there are the same general symptoms with vomiting. The vomited material is usually remasticated and swallowed. The swelling in the pharynx can be felt from without, or seen through the open mouth. The tonsils are usually enlarged. Pressure on the pharynx or gullet produces instant regurgitation. _Treatment_ consists in the removal of the tumor when possible. Malignant growths and multiple tumors are not favorable for treatment. Actinomycosis can be treated throughout by iodides, or these may supplement the surgical measures. In the short-faced animals an ecraseur, or a wire-snare passed through a tube may be employed. (See pharyngeal polypi). ESOPHAGITIS. INFLAMMATION OF THE GULLET. Causes: Alimentary and therapeutic; parasitic and accidental traumatisms; mechanical irritants; acrids; caustics; parasites—gongylonema, coccidia, spiroptera. Extension inflammations. Lesions: hyperæmia; epithelial degeneration and desquamation; erosion; petechiæ; suppuration; fibroid contraction; sacculation; polypi. Symptoms: dysphagia, difficult deglutition; eructation; cough; upward wave motion in jugular furrow; colicy pains; probang arrested; fever. Treatment: liquid or semi-liquid food; for caustics, antidotes; cold water; ice; antiseptics; derivatives; open abscess; potassium iodide. _Causes._ This usually arises from injury to the mucous membrane and in the milder forms remains confined to this structure. In the more severe, it extends to the muscular coat and even to the periœsophagean tissues. The causes may be divided into alimentary and therapeutic irritants; parasitic or accidental traumatisms; and extension of inflammation from the pharynx or other adjacent part.