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in the pituitary membrane, which lines the par- 

 tition along the infide of the nofe, the maxillary 

 finufes or cavities of the cheek-bones on each 

 fide the nofe, and the frontal finufes or cavities 

 above the orbits of the eyes -, that the vifcera, 

 as liver, lungs, &c. of glandered horfes are in 

 general exceeding found -, and confequently that 

 the feat of this diforder is not in thofe parts, as 

 has been afferted by mofl authors -, nor indeed 

 is it probable it mould ; for how could fuch 

 horfes preferve their appetite, their good ap- 

 pearance, (leek and mining coats, in a word 

 all the figns of health for many years together 

 (which many glandered horfes are known to 

 enjoy) with fuch diilempered bowels. 



But on nicely examining the heads of fuch 

 horfes he found the cavities abovementioned* 

 more or lefs, filled with a vifcous (limey mat- 

 ter, the membrane which lines both them and 

 the noftrils inflamed, thickened, and corroded 

 with fordid ulcers, which, in fome cafes, had 

 cat into the bones. Thefe finufes or cavities 

 will be better underftood by referring to the an- 

 nexed plate. 



He obferves that when glandered horfes dis- 

 charged matter from both noftrils, both fides of 

 the membranes and cavities were affected - 9 but 

 when they run at one noftril only, that fide on- 

 ly was found diftempered. 



It is a curious remark of our author, that the 

 Sublingual glands, or the kernels fituajed un- 



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