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cous membrane dark in color. The immediate cause of death, 

 no doubt, was asphyxia." 



There was no history of the case further than that she had 

 been in active service as a trooper up to within a few days of 

 the visit of Dr. Dellagana. {Jour, of Comp. Pathology, Sept., 

 1898). 



ABSCESS OF THE FALSE NOSTRIL. 



In young horses as a result of injury from the bridle or 

 severe coryza, a circumscribed swelling sometimes appears on the 

 outer flap of the nostril, at first firm, hot and tender, with a sur- 

 rounding pasty infiltration, then forming into a tense elastic 

 ovoid mass, the size of a pigeon's or chicken's egg. It may be- 

 come chronic and remain for an indefinite period comparatively 

 insensible to touch and only slightly interfering with the move- 

 ments of the nostrils. As soon as the elastic tension betrays the 

 presence of pus it should be evacuated by a free incision made 

 from inside the nostrils and the wound plugged with medicated 

 tow and allowed to heal by granulation. 



