622 ROARING DYSPKCEA. 



disease such as that represented by Fig. 1 43 in this volume, 

 may come under this head. I have, however, had a singular 

 case since coming to Edinburgh. 



Mr A. M. Edwards, the distinguished young surgeon of 

 this city, was, whilst on a professional visit in Fifeshire, driven 

 from Kilconquhar station in an omnibus drawn by two 

 horses, of which one, to all appearance the best, appeared to 

 suffer intolerably from difficult breathing. Mr Edwards 

 found that the violent roaring was due to an osseous tumour in 

 the near nostril ; and as the animal was young six years old 

 and well-bred, he suggested that my advice should be ob- 

 tained. The horse was sent in to the New Veterinary College 

 Infirmary, and I then learned that several veterinary surgeons 

 declared that death must necessarily follow so formidable an 

 operation. 



I had the horse cast, the false nostril slit up, a narrow saw 

 passed up, and the tumour cut through to its base; a second cut 

 with the saw enabled me to remove a large slice, and with the 

 aid of bone forceps, the mass, about the size of a man's fist, 

 was effectually removed. I fixed the horse so as not to lace- 

 rate the wound, which I carefully stitched, and in a month the 

 animal was discharged cured. 



III. A singular case of roaring is recorded by Bering. In the 

 month of September, 1842, a filly, 2^ years of age, was taken 

 to Professor Hering, in consequence of severe roaring, which 

 had been observed since the animal was a year and half old. 

 The breathing was laboured and audible, though but slightly 

 heard when the animal was quiet, and very manifest on exer- 

 tion. There was a dense mucous discharge from both nos- 

 trils, but especially the left ; and in every other respect the 

 filly appeared healthy. There was no enlargement of glands, 

 and percussion of the sinuses indicated that they were clear. 

 On further examination, to ascertain if any morbid matter 



