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sinuses, and from the latter find exit through the middle meatus 

 of the nose, with the exception of some small quantity which will, 

 in the ordinary position of the head, lodge within their cul-de-sacs. 



Fumigations, I have no hesitation in saying, are less bene- 

 ficial as topical applications to the ulcered surfaces within the 

 nose than injections. T have frequently used chlorine and other 

 gases, as well as the fumes of nitric acid, the nitric oxyde of mer- 

 cury, &c., but cannot say I have seen any decided good arise from 

 them. The great use made of fumigation in such cases as glanders 

 and farcy — and it is a highly important one — is as a means of dis- 

 infecting or purifying stables or other places which may have 

 been inhabited by horses having such contagious diseases. " As 

 a fumigating, disinfectant, and antiseptic agent, chlorine," says 

 Mr. Pereira*, " stands unrivalled." * * " For destroying mias- 

 mata, noxious effluvia, and putrid odours, it is the most powerful 

 agent known." * * "The best method of fumigating a large 

 building is that adopted by Dr. Faraday, at the General Peni- 

 tentiary at Millbank. One part of common salt was intimately 

 mixed with one part of the black or binoxyde of manganese; then 

 placed in a shallow earthen pan, and two parts of oil of vitriol, 

 previously diluted with two parts, by measure, of water, poured 

 over it, and the whole stirred with a stick. Chlorine continued 

 to be liberated from this mixture for four days." We could 

 hardly devise a cheaper, readier, and more effectual process for 

 the purification of infected stabling than this. 



Counter-irritation, in my hands, has never proved of much 



a vail in glanders. Some veterinarians advise us to introduce 



setons into the face, along the sides of the nasal bones ; others, to 



blister the skin covering those parts : for my own part, I have 



found little or no relief conferred by either one or the other. 



The enlarged submaxillary lymphatic Glands may, 

 however, when they come to lose their heat and tenderness, be 

 blistered with considerable benefit, or they may be rubbed daily 

 with iodine ointment. On their first appearance, and so long as 

 they continue hot and tender, we cannot do better for them than 

 confine a folded piece of linen cloth, wetted with cold water or 



* Elements of Materia Medica. Bv Jonathan Pereira, F.R.S. & L.S. 



