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D'Arboval reports fatal cases, wherein the clots of blood 

 in the chambers of the nose resembled pus. 



Remedy. — When from rupture of small blood vessel, 

 plug nostril and raise head. Ice to face and head. Fer- 

 ric chloride tincture in spray. When from purpura or a 

 similar disease, ergot, ferric chloride, or pyrogallic acid 

 internally, or ergotin under the skin. 



For doses, see pages 13 to 29. 



NASAL POLYPUS 



Is very rare in horses. " Manifold are the dangers of 

 the distemper," says Vegetius (about 400 A. D.) "The 

 horse will be strangled by the stoppage of the passage of 

 his breath. He will snore, and humid mucus will flow 

 out of his nostrils." Percivall says the mucus is some- 

 times highly tinged with blood, and that sometimes pure 

 blood runs from the nose. Also that an unequal rush of 

 air is felt from one or both nostrils. "Inspection in a 

 full light discloses, higher or lower in the nostril, the 

 rounded base of a polypus." He warns veterinarians not 

 to mistake the cartilaginous prolongation of either the 

 anterior or posterior turbinated bones for a polypus; nor 

 any rounded clots of blood near them. 



The tumors, which vary in weight from a few drams 

 to three or four pounds, hang by a narrow neck. Some- 

 times they protrude three or four inches. They are red 

 or flesh-like in color, globular in shape, and have smooth, 

 shining surfaces. Some have a fibrous, almost cartilagin- 

 ous, structure, while " others appear to be composed of 

 various little tumors agglutinated together." 



Remedy. — Excise with forceps. Dress antiseptically. 

 Pads over nostrils sometimes diminish noise. (For a list 

 of antiseptic remedies, see page 31.) 



