78 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



culiar to solipeds. Eaeli has a small opening at its ante- 

 rior part through which any hquid within them can escape 

 only when the head is depressed. Hence a collection oi 

 matter in these sacs, consequent on a sore throat, escapes- 

 and is discharged through the nose intermittently when 

 the head is down drinking, or stiU more in grazing or nib- 

 bling roots. The discharge comes from both nostrils and 

 there may or may not be sweUing beneath the ear. Many 

 such cases will recover if sent to grass or fed from the 

 ground and treated with some of the tonics recommended 

 for chronic catarrh or glanders. But should these fail the 

 sac must be laid open, setoned and washed out daily with 

 a weak astringent lotion. This operation requires the 

 most accurate knowledge of the parts to avoid the many 

 important structures in the region. (See the author's lar- 

 ger work.) 



TUMORS IN THE NOSE. 



Tumors of almost every kind grow in the nose and must 

 be removed by surgical means. 



MAUGNANT CATARRH OF CATTLE. 



This appears mainly in cold, damp, marshy situations 

 where the vitality is impaired, or in unusual seasons. It 

 the cold early summer of 1875 I met with it in cowfe 

 In several marshy places. Low, damp river-bottoms are 

 most subject to it and probably it is due to deleterious 

 agents taken in with the food and water as well as to ehiUo 

 and exposure. 



Symptoms. A slight diarrhoea may be followed by cos- 

 tiveness, the dung being black, firm and scanty. The 

 hair is rough and erect, shivering ensues, the head is de- 

 pressed, the roots of the horns and fcrehead hot, ejea 

 sunken, red, watery, with turbidity in the interior and in- 

 tolerance of light, muzzle dry and hot, mouth hot with 

 much saliva, the membranes of mouth, nose and vagina 

 bluish-red, pulse rapid, impulse of heart weak, breathing 



