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the same stable; there was an abundant discharge from both 
nostrils, but most from the right; it consisted of mucus, was 
of a greenish colour, and adhering to the sides of the nose; 
the lining mucous membrane was somewhat discoloured, but 
no trace of ulceration existed; the submaxillary ganglions 
were the size of a nut, but neither adherent nor painful; the 
surface of the body, inspected with care, presented neither 
buds nor farcy cords. 
The Diagnosis was catarrh of the respiratory passages, with 
suspicion of glanders. 
Treatment .—Tartar emetic was given in increasing doses 
with aromatic fumigations; a light diet was ordered in which 
carrots were substituted for the dry fodder, and sequestration 
of the patient. 
Ten days after the discharge was not so copious, and was 
confined to the right nostril; its nature was also changed, 
consisting still principally of mucus, but of a better colour 
and less viscid ; there were, however, some globules of pus 
suspended in it. The submaxillary glands were in the same 
state as before. The cough was sonorous, and accompanied 
by a sort of snorting (< ebrouement ). The frontal sinus was 
percussed, and the parotidial region examined with care, but 
nothing abnormal was discovered. The treatment was 
changed to the use of kermes and tartar emetic, with 
camphor fumigation, and frictions were made on the nasal 
region with the ointment of tartar emetic. Six days after 
the discharge was about the same, but the cough was less, 
A seton was now inserted on each side of the neck, the sub¬ 
maxillary glands were stimulated with the ointment of Lebas, 
and the fumigations and medicines as before ordered were 
continued. Eight days after the enlargement of the glands 
had disappeared, the discharge from the nose was inter¬ 
mittent, that is to say, it only occurred when the mare held 
her head low, which she was easily induced to do by putting 
some food on the ground. But on these occasions the nature 
cf the discharge was entirely purulent, with its characteristic 
odour. The mucous membrane had reassumed its normal 
colour, and its surface only secreted a colourless liquid, and 
that in small quantities, which, mixing with the pus, rendered 
that more fluid. The sinuses were again explored, but no 
dulness of sound could be detected; the parotid gland, how¬ 
ever, on the right side seemed now a little more prominent 
than the left. 
The nature of the discharge and the manner of its mani¬ 
festation, led the author to suppose the existence of a puru¬ 
lent collection either in the sinuses of the head or the guttural 
