ON POLYPI OF THE NOSTRILS. 
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The hemorrhage was excessive; he, however, filled the nos¬ 
tril completely with tow, and brought the divided edges of the 
false nostril together by sutures. In three days they were all 
tom out by the incessant attempts of the animal to get rid of the 
obstruction; but the horse eventually did well. The polypus 
weighed two pounds and seven ounces. N 
M. Rigot, one of the French veterinary professors, relates a 
case of polypus of the nose which he treated successfully. 
A small tumour appeared in the right nostril, too high up to 
be got at. It seemed to be stationary, and of the same size for a 
considerable time, when it suddenly began to grow. It soon 
appeared to be as large as a man’s fist, and still increased, and 
occupied the whole cavity, pushing the septum into the left nos¬ 
tril, displacing the bones, and threatening immediate suffocation. 
It was red, and very hard. 
The nostril was slit up, the pedicle cut asunder close to the 
bone, and the cautery applied to arrest the haemorrhage, and pre¬ 
vent the reproduction of the tumour . 
A curious case came a few years ago before one of the provin¬ 
cial courts of France. A farmer purchased a four-year-old horse 
at a fair. A slight discharge was observed from one nostril, ac¬ 
companied by cough, and some thickness of breathing. This 
was not thought extraordinary, as it w r as the strangle age . 
The horse was put to light work, and the usual remedial mea¬ 
sures were adopted for his supposed condition; but he became 
worse, and at length could not be used. 
The purchaser attempted to return the horse, but this was re¬ 
sisted, on the ground that the term of warranty had expired. 
The case was brought before the provincial court. A veterinary 
surgeon was appointed to examine the horse, who deposed that 
there was a polypus in one of the nostrils, but so high up as 
scarcely to be seen, and that would have escaped his observation 
had not his attention been particularly directed to it; and that he 
believed, from what he could gather of the history of the case, 
that the polypus existed at the time of purchase. On this the 
court determined that the horse should be returned, although the 
term of warranty was expired, on the ground, that it was one of 
those obscure cases of unsoundness, the existence and the nature 
of which could not have been discovered within the prescribed 
time. 
Of polypus in the nasal passages of cattle there is but one 
case on record. One instance of it, however, has occurred in my 
practice. A cow seemed to be anxious to eat, and was otherwise 
m good health; but occasionally she was unable to swallow, and 
the pellet was returned with an effort resembling vomiting. This 
