Word: aesophogus
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...just been discharged from the hospital after being here since April 21 and the important thing about the matter was the method of treating the lacerated throat after the bone was extracted. For a time the animal had to be fed through a tube. As the aesophogus healed, there was a stricture or contraction which prevented swallowing and before each meal this had to be opened with the tube, which, removed after 15 minutes, left the passage free. The patient then ate raw chopped beef and milk and egg without difficulty. So well did the dog come to realize...
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