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glandered. She had a cold when the person to whom she is now- 
returned bought her about fourteen months ago. The discharge 
from the nostril had [not quite left her when he sold her again, 
eleven months afterwards. She has been getting nothing but 
straw, and, of course, is in bad condition, her coat staring, her 
breathing oppressed, and it seeming as if there was some obstruc- 
tion in the nasal passages. The membrane of the nose -was some- 
what redder than usual, but there was no ulceration, although, at 
times, a watery discharge. 
What is most remarkable, there is a constant discharge of every 
kind of masticated food on which she is fed, and if she is trotted 
smartly, although but a short distance, she discharges a consider- 
able quantity of this, and sometimes, pieces as large as a common 
laxative ball. She seems very anxious to clear her nostrils, sneez- 
ing with might and main, and making the half-masticated food fly 
in all directions. She may, afterwards, be ridden all day without 
discharging any more, but when allowed to stand and eat, and on 
starting afterwards, she is as bad as ever. Otherwise she seems 
to be in perfect health — -there is not the slightest heaving at her 
flanks, and, however hard she may be ridden, it makes no alter- 
ation. 
Mr. Forbes told me that before he sold her he gave her a ball, 
and he thought she had swallowed it; but, about an hour after- 
wards, as they were leading her out, he saw the ball discharged 
from her nostril. I have given her a dose of physic, and am going 
to-day to see how the case is proceeding. 
8 P.M. — I have seen the mare ; she had just had a feed of bran 
and chaff, when I ordered her to be brought out of the stable. 
There is a constant discharge of watery fluid mixed with masti- 
cated food. It falls from the nostril drop after drop until she gets 
a ride, and then she clears herself of all of it. The submaxillary 
glands are not in the least enlarged, or adherent to the jaws. 
You will much oblige me by favouring me with vour opinion 
of this singular case. 
Reply. 
The case which you mention is one of those which, you will 
recollect, I used to refer to in my lectures as likely to be mis- 
taken for glanders, but which is quite distinct from that malady. 
It is connected with disease of some of the molar teeth, or the 
alveolar processes, or the velum palati. I have seen appearances 
very similar arising from the velum palati having been pierced 
in giving balls at the end of a sharp-pointed stick. 
If you will carefully examine the mouth of this mare, you will 
