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foetid odor was detected, and slight haemorrhage apparent. 
Breathing somewhat rough ; condition and spirits good. 
I thought that some disease of the molar teeth had caused the 
swelling, and recommended the owner to send the horse to my 
place in Charleston, where I could more carefully examine and 
watch the case. 
The horse was brought to my stable on January 29th, 1887, 
and confined in a narrow stall during that night. Next morning 
his manger was covered with blood. 
I then placed him in a large pen, to make him as comfortable 
as possible. His appetite was very good, and he masticated his 
oats without difficulty. The catarrh from the nostrils was thick 
and very offensive, and the hsemorrhage from his mouth profuse 
—in fact, exhaustive. When dressing the mouth every morning, 
large organized blood-clots would be washed out, and many 
would be found about his stable. 
On opening the mouth with the speculum, nothing wrong 
could be seen about his teeth. When cast for this examination, 
and while the speculum was in his mouth, his breathing was im¬ 
paired almost to suffocation. 
A few days after this, I noticed two ulcerated spots upon the 
superior border of the tumor ; these burst, and there issued there¬ 
from thick pus, tinged with blood and very foetid. These symp 
toms continued to become more aggravated. 
After being here about a week, his appetite began to fail 
him, and it was with great difficulty that he could masticate his 
hay. He lost flesh, and seemed to be going down very fast. I 
told Major Barker that I thought it was a malignant tumor, 
known as osteo-sarcoma, but could not say positively as to its 
exact character until cut into. 
I cast the horse on February 17th, 1887 (chloroform or ether, 
from the condition of the horse, being inadmissible), and with 
the assistance of Dr. J. J. Edwards, M.D., removed about three 
and three-quarter pounds of the tumor, which proved to be as 
diagnosed. The four last molars were involved in the tumor, 
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and were picked out with our fingers. The tumor extended well 
into the nasal cavity, and as far back as the ethmoid bone. The 
