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ing the system by bleeding and physicking, to bring out glanders, if 
it lay dormant in the system. The mare always looked well in 
her coat, and the membrane lining the nostril did not look un¬ 
healthy. Her feeding was generally sloppy diet, and her exercise 
sufficient to promote health. 
August 6th .—The discharge has become very offensive, and of 
a greyish colour: the right eye is discharging. There is an evi¬ 
dent difficulty of breathing through the off nostril, and I have often 
found considerable heat over the off frontal sinus, and, when the 
mare is made to trot, she makes a noise through the off nostril, evi¬ 
dently as from that nostril being plugged up. 
1th .—I opened the off frontal sinus with a small gimlet, and then 
enlarged the opening with a very large one, and found it com¬ 
pletely filled with matter : the sinus was freely injected with tepid 
water until it ran clearly away through the nostril, and a wooden 
plug was made to fit the hole accurately. Gave 3 ij sulphate of 
copper and 3 ij gentian daily in a ball. 
The cleansing of the sinus with tepid water was repeated night 
and morning for two days, and on the third day, after a similar 
cleansing, it was injected with a solution of creasote 3 ss and 
water §ij, and this was continued night and morning for fourteen 
days, during which time the eye brightened up, the discharge 
appeared to be lessened in quantity, and the fetor decreased. 
24th .—The injection of creasote discontinued, as also the balls. 
The mare has had regular exercise, and there is an evident ob¬ 
struction in the right nostril situated high up. 
21th .—The discharge has again become very offensive, and, on 
attempting to inject the sinus with water, I found that I could not 
force it through; and having attempted it several times, I was 
obliged to desist. The wound is covered with a pitch plaster, and 
allowed to heal. Sulphate of copper ^ij and gentian 3 ij given 
daily in a ball. 
Sept. 12th .—No particular change. Balls discontinued. 
Oct. 2d .—The discharge appears less; the Schneiderian mem¬ 
brane looks healthy, but there still remains the peculiar fetor as of 
diseased bone; and the discharge is not regular, being at times sup¬ 
pressed, and at other times excessive. The animal looks healthy 
and feeds well. I recommended the mare to be sent to straw 
yard for the winter, thinking that pure air and a constant depend¬ 
ent position of the head might prove serviceable. 
Dec. 24th .—The mare is brought in from straw yard very 
lame, from an accident to the foot. She is looking very well in 
condition; the discharge from the right nostril still remains, and 
is of a fetid character. The membrane lining the nostril looks 
healthy. The mare roars on exertion, arising evidently from ob- 
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