MR. YOUATt’s VETERINARY LECTURES. 
685 
Enlargement and suppuration of the submaxillary glands, 
which sympathize with every affection of the nasal canal, may be 
produced by the chronic irritability that will occasionally be left. 
If the fracture has taken place over the lachrymal duct, there 
probably will be permanent obstruction of that canal, and fistula 
lachrymalis will succeed. You will therefore undertake the case 
with reluctance, and be well guarded in the opinion you give of 
the result. 
There is a case of a horse having received a kick on the upper 
part of the nose. There was, probably, fracture, but the horse was 
not examined with sufficient accuracy to ascertain its existence. 
The animal suffered considerably for awhile, and then seemed to 
get well. Six months afterwards, there was evident difficulty of 
breathing after unusual exertion. The right nostril appeared to be 
partially obstructed, and, on being examined against the sun, a 
tumour was discovered high up. Six months more were suffered 
to pass away. The difficulty of breathing was considerably in¬ 
creased ; the right nostril was completely obstructed, and, about 
two inches from the orifice, an elongated bony tumour was per¬ 
ceived growing over the suture of the nasal and superior max¬ 
illary. 
The horse was thrown, and fixed so that the nostril should 
be dependent, and the blood should not flow into the back of 
the mouth, which might have suffocated him. The false 
nostril was slit up as far as the union of the nasal with the ante¬ 
rior maxillary; the lips of the wound were held aside, and, by 
means of a chisel and mallet, the tumour was detached : it 
weighed ten ounces. The lips of the wound were then brought 
together; nothing else was done, and, in six weeks, the horse 
was well. 
There is another singular account of a horse coming within 
the reach of the sail of a windmill that was working very quickly. 
The blow fell on the side of the face, and fairly took away the whole 
of the nasals, leaving the nasal cavity completely exposed. 
The wound in a manner healed, and he was able to go to work 
again, and has continued to work for two or three years in this 
state, the part being merely covered by a piece of leather; and 
not only is there no glanders, but his health does not appear to 
be in the least impaired. I regard these cases, however, as ex¬ 
ceptions to a general rule, and should always fear the result, if 
much injury had been inflicted on the Schneiderian membrane. 
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