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accelerated breathing and pulse, costlveness, scanty, lligU-' 

 coloured urine, and increased thirst. Soon a 'swelling rises 

 between the hones of the lower jaw, hot, tender, and uniformly 

 rounded and smooth, at first hard with soft, doughy margins^ 

 later soft and fluctuating indhe centre from .the-foniiation of 

 matter. Water is often retuniedfrom the nose in drinking, a«d 

 food dropped after chewing. The throat may -even be- clos^ 

 so as to make breathing laborious, difficult, and noisy or quite 

 impossible. AVith rupture of the abscess and escape of the 

 matter, relief is obtained and a steady recovery may usually be 

 counted on.. . ,.^ ;^^Ij'=^:,r?>'iU uU'UmUO f^;: : =iy(i.: . . ;:;4 k:.-;:t 

 Irregular Forms. -^^\\t swelling may harden iij place of 

 softening, and. maintain the disease for an indefinite tinie, 6r-it^ 

 may disappear and be followed by the formation of matter Ik: 

 other and more vital organs.. ..i Thus .matter/may formin. the. 

 groups of .lymphatic glands, about the .shoulder, groin, the 

 roots of the lur^gs, the .mesciitery, , the brain, etc.. Sonietiraes.' 

 no swelling nor suppuration takes place beyond the discharge 

 from the nose, while at others a pustular, eruption on the skin 

 is; the manifestation of the, disea.se. . ■;, ,■ 



_ The disease may be over vs\ ten days,,or, in cases of indolent 

 action in the swelling, it.;may. be protracted for months, JLf 

 properly treated^ the regular .Jhr^n. genQtally does well, but tjie 

 irregular is fatal- in proportion to j the vitality of thc; orgair^ 

 afiiected. ,. In .protracted cases and ip. those subjected toimpurej 

 air and weakening treatment, dropsical arid sanguineoiis,swell-^, 

 ings in the dep<endant parts of, the body {purpura h/^morrhagica)\ 

 IS a frequent i:esult. _ .. ., ;s,,:;-,t^ —s • .* -.: ': r:..-'.-i. 



,_ Treatment. — Sustain the sj^ei]gth of the patient by abundanc^i; 

 of soft, nourishing mashes and pure air^, arid promote the forma-, 

 lion of matter between the jaws by fomenla-tions,- poultices, and 

 steaming of the nostrils. A poultice may be applied by a. 

 square of calico with holes for the ears and eyes, tied down thOi- 

 middle of the face and sewed up a httle^.at the chin to prevent.rt 



