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tion I shall first consider that form in which the 

 enlargements appear in the facial regions, but not 

 from the fact that the disease is located wholly here, 

 as is thought by many, for 'tis false; but solely on 

 account of some interesting features which are asso- 

 ciated in animals presenting the facial enlargements 

 which, by the way, rarely diminishes the caliber of 

 the nasal chambers enough to interfere with respira- 

 tion. The enlargements will be found situated prin- 

 cipally within the maxilla and below the orbit, 

 obliterating in most instances that concavity which 

 marks the junction of the superior maxilla with the 

 nasal bones, causing the face when viewed from an 

 affronting position to appear more like that of an 

 elephant than of the animal to which it belongs. In 

 gathering the history of this class of subjects you 

 will find that nothing important has made itself 

 manifest that would lead to the suspicion of the 

 existence of a disease so grave in its character, 

 beyond the appearance of the enlargements, together 

 with slight thickening of the inferior maxilla; pro- 

 vided they were rapid in their course of development 

 and were 'not of long standing; and even then, in 

 some instances they, with the inferior maxilla, are 

 the only marked evidences during life. This is a 

 peculiar fact, since every bone in the body is at this 

 very time more or less involved. On the other hand, 

 should the enlargements prove slow to develop, and 



