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slaTering, accelerated breathing and pulse, costiveness, 

 scanty Mgh-colored urine, and increased thirst. Soon a 

 swelling rises between the bones of the lower jaw, hot, 

 tender and uniformly rounded and smooth, at first hard 

 "with soft, doughy margins, later soft and fluctuating in the 

 centre from the formation of matter. Water is often re- 

 turned from the nose in drinking and food dropped after 

 chewing. The throat may even be closed so as to make 

 breathing laborious, difficult and noisy or quite impossible. 

 With rupture of the abscess and escape of the matter, 

 rehef is obtained and a steady recovery may usually be 

 counted on. 



Irregular Forms. The swelling may harden in place of 

 softening, and maintain the disease for an indefinite time, 

 or it may disappear and be followed by the formation of 

 matter in other and more vital organs. Thus matter may 

 form in the groups of lymphatic glands about the shoul- 

 der, groin, the roots of the lungs, the mesentery, the 

 brain, etc. Sometimes 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 

 disease. 



The disease may be over in ten days, or, in cases of in- 

 dolent action in the swelling, it may be protracted for 

 months. If properly treated, the rtgiilar form generally 

 does well, but the irregular is fatal in proportion to the 

 vitahty of the organ affected. In protracted cases and in 

 those subjected to impure air and weakening treatment, 

 dropsical and sanguineous sweUings in the dependent parts 

 of the body (purpura Immorrliagica) is a frequent result. 

 Treatment. Sustain the strength of the patient by 

 abundance of soft, nourishing mashes and pure air, and 

 promote the formation of matter between the jaws by fo- 

 mentations, poultices, and steaming of the nostrils A 

 poultice may be applied by a square of calico with holes 

 tor the ears and eyes, tied down the middle of the face 

 and sewed up a Httle at the chin to prevent any from 



