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

 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 with 

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

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

 false 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 gave rise to offensive effluvium, to 

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

 h ier slit up the nostril, and, with an iro\i 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 

 swelling 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 of the thyroid glands, is a disease 

 which very frequently makes its appearance among certain breeds 

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

 tary 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 

 said 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 mountaincus countries bordering 

 thereon, it is a disease very often met with. 



The unoastxated animals seem to suffer most. After they get 



