DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY PASSAGES ANu ORGANS. lOa 



mation and pressure, it adhered to the membrane of the nose in ao 

 many points, and so extensively, that it was impossible to get 

 round it or move it. He contrived, at length, to pass a crucial 

 bandage around it, and it was torn out by main force. Four con- 

 siderable portions of the turbinated bones were brought away witli 

 it. The hemorrhage was excessive. He however filled the nos- 

 tril completely with tow, and brought the divided edges of the 

 fcilst nostril together by sutures. In three days they were all 

 torn out by the incessant attempts of the animal to get rid of the 

 obstruction; but the horse eventually did well. The polypus 

 weighed two pounds seven ounces." 



GoHiER relates a case of a horse who had in his left nostril a 

 polypus as large as a turkey's egg, of a grayish color and glossy 

 surface, too high up to be reached with the finger, which prevented 

 his breathing on that side, and g?,ve rise to offensive effluvium, tc 

 enlargement of the lymphatic glands, but not to roaring. Go- 

 HTER slit up the nostril, and, with an iroii rod with a notch upon 

 its end, contrived to inclose its neck in the slip-knot of a liga- 

 ture. In drawing this tight, however — which was, of necessity 

 done in an oblique direction — the pedicle was cut through. Little 

 hemorrhage succeeded, although the tumor weighed twenty-four 

 ounces. The slit nostril was sewn up, and cold water injected into 

 its cavity. A copious discharge from both nostrils followed, with 

 BAvelling of the lymphatic glands. This was met by proper treat- 

 ment, and in fifteen days the patient was sent out of the hospital. 



Bronchocele (Goitre, or Big Neck). 



Bronchocele, or enlargement cf the thyroid glands, is a disease 

 which very frequently makes its appearance among certain brceda 

 of horses and sheep, and is supposed to owe its origin to heredi- 

 tarj- predispositions and influences. It is also very prevalent 

 among members of the human family. It seems to acquire a 

 home in certain localities in Derbyshire, England, where it is 

 Raid to be a very common disorder; but its occurrence in other 

 parts of that country is by no means frequent. Among the in- 

 habitants of the Alps, and other mountainous countries bordering 

 thereon, it is a disease very often met with. 



The nnca<strated animals seem to suffer most. After thf y eei 



