CHAPTER III. 
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. 
It is very essential that diseases confined to these organs 
should :have prompt and careful attention, for in very 
many instances the life of the animal depends upon our 
efforts in this direction. Intelligent treatment coupled 
with every advantage of disease, with refereuce to dura- 
tion should be our motto. 
Tumor in the False Nestrii. 
The false nostril is a small pouch on tie inside of the 
lower edge of either nostril. Tumors sometimes form here 
and partake more of the nature of abscesses, in that they 
are filled with pus of a cheesy consistency, but are tumors. 
in that they form slowly and do not point and break like 
an abscess. , 
Cause—We can give no satisfactory reason for a malady — 
of this kind. It may come from an external injury and 
again the cause may arise through a lack of functional 
activity upon the part of some of the sebaceous glands. 
HOw TO KNOw IT. 
A small swelling is often apparant on the outside, but 
the main dependence is to be placed in an examination of | 
