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set of sutures, (one set to the true nostril and another for the false nos- 
tril.) Apply to the wound the chloride of 
zine wash, and in a short time all will be 
healed. 
Nasal polypus, nevertheless, is an affec- 
tion often requiring the performance of 
tracheotomy, before any examination can be 
attempted. For this necessity, the operator 
must be prepared; but, as tracheotomy is 
required only to relieve the breathing during 
examination, the temporary tube invented 
by Mr. Gowing is, in that instance, decidedly to be recommended. 
NASAL POLYPUS. 
NASAL GLEET. 
This terrible affliction is suppuration of the mucous membrane, lining 
the facial sinuses. It rarely occurs in the stable; but when it does, the 
cause mostly is to be traced to the projection of some molar tooth, and 
the disease is then generally hopeless. The pressure of the ‘tooth has 
provoked irritation of the bone. The sinuses are no longer hollow 
spaces, but have been converted into cavities crowded with bony net- 
work. To cleanse them in that condition is impossible, and death is 
the only resort left to a humane proprietor. 
Horses, when allowed a run at grass, are often taken up with the 
bones of the face swollen and soft. Percussion draws forth the same 
response as would be elicited by rapping upon a pumpkin. The animal, 
suddenly released from toil, has been playing in the field with its new 
associates. The simple creature could not comprehend 
the feet were fettered. The equine race always dis- 
play joy with their heels, and the hoof, which unshod 
might lightly touch the neighbor’s skull and no injury 
result, being armed with iron carries additional weight 
with the blow, and leaves behind a deadly bruise upon 
the facial bones. The following engraving, represent- 
ing an extreme case of this kind, is a warning never to 
turn your animal into a field where others are grazing ; 
but if you are obliged to starve a horse on grass, at all 
events choose a spot where it can be alone. 
Besides the distortion, the next prominent symptom 
attending nasal gleet is fetor. Discharge is not always 
present. It is irregular in its appearance, but can 
generally be made to flow, by a brisk trot or by some tempting food 
NASAL GLEET. 
